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Question No.
y Advanced opcialist cardiac equipment in gommett pricate lospitals
REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH & WELFARE TO A QUESTION\BY DR. THE HON. HENRIETTA IR IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 1988
3. DR. IP asked:
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Question Since Grantham Hospital is the only cardiac
referral centre for all emergency cardiac
catheterization and emergency heart operations in Hong Kong, will Government inform this Council :
(a) whether the hospital is equipped with adequate
and advanced specialist cardiac equipment to meet its needs; and
(b) whether other cardiac equipment now being used
in government and private hospitals is available there?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:
Sir,
It is the professional opinion of the Director of and
Medical & Health Services that the Grantham Hospital is
sufficiently well equipped at present to fulfil efficiently its
function as an emergency cardiac referral centre.
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I am assured that There
There are no special items of cardiac equipment in
the Government hospitals which are not available in Grantham
ᄉ Hospital. The Medical and Health Department does not keep
detailed records of the equipment available in private
hospitals. In any case, the decision to acquire a particular
piece of equipment must be a matter of professional judgement
in relation to the specific services provided by the hospital
in question and straightforward comparison may not be
appropriate.