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quite some time because there is difficulty in recruiting a person with comparable experience. Thus, the quality of service in public hospitals adversely affected. [Today 89% of in-patient care is provided by public hospitals, The outflow of experienced doctors from public sector to private sector is definitely not for the best interest of the people who mainly rely on the services of the public hospitals. [How
ow can we retain
the cream of medical personnel in public hospitals deserves our serious consideration. Some people bend their hope on the Hospital Authority. to them the Hospital Authority means improvements in conditions of service, training/ opportunities and promotion prospects, all these they believe will help to retain doctors of
all ranks in the public sector. But if the outflow of the public sector doctors continues at the present rate, quite a large number of doctors will have been lost by the time the Hospital Authority is in full swing, therefore I strongly feel that some positive measures should be taken now to reduce this outflow, in particular, serious thought should be given to the creation of more senior professional posts in order to enhance the promotion prospects of our doctors in the public
sector.
British Military Hospital
[In the previous budget debate meeting in this Chamber,
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my honourable colleagues and I had expressed our concern over the high operating cost of the British Military Hospital, as the defence cost agreement is now under negotiation,
I trust that the Government would take a
hard look at this issue again.
With these remarks, Sir, I support the motion.
(in Cantonese)
DR. Gonrad LÀM
Cant
Sir, I have always believed in the principle of respecting professional knowledge and advice