Question No 2
REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. HO SAI-CHU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 25 JUNE 1986
Question: Will the Government inform this Council :
(a)
(b)
(c)
What is the average waiting time for patients attending Government out-patient clinics :
1.
2.
from the moment of their arrival at the clinic until they are allocated a number for treatment purposes; and
from the moment of allocation of a number for treatment purposes until such time as they are actually seen by a doctor on duty there;
Whether the average waiting time differs from clinic to clinic and from district to district; and
Whether it is possible to shorten such waiting time?
Sir,
The answers to the three parts of Mr. HO'S
question are as follows :
(a)
As the distribution of the discs for
consultations is carried out about 5-10
minutes before each clinic session starts,
patients' waiting time largely depends on
their time of arrival at the clinic. This
varies from patient to patient; some may
arrive one to two hours before the start of