Question No 5
REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH & WELFARE
TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LIU LIT-FOR IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, 8 APRIL 1987
Question :
In view of the Government's plan to set aside a piece of land in Tai Po for relocating the Nethersole Hospital, will Government inform this Council what impact will this plan have on the overall provision of medical services in the Western District on Hong Kong Island and what measures will be taken to prevent a deterioration in the standard of medical facilities in the district?
Sir,
The provision of hospital beds is planned on a
regional rather than a district basis. The proposal
recently endorsed by the Medical Development Advisory
Committee to remove the Nethersole Hospital from Hong Kong
Island to Tai Po was made against the background of the
requirement for hospital beds on Hong Kong Island and in
the Eastern New Territories.
2.
With the completion of the expansion projects
at the Queen Mary Hospital and the Ruttonjee Sanatorium,
and the new Eastern District Hospital, Hong Kong Island