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Applementard to Question No 5/
in Meeting on 22.6.88
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MR. HO SAI-CHU (in Cantonese):
the first to paragraph
With reference to/ parag
of the Secretary's answer, will the Government inform
this Council whether the waiting time of 167 days for
medicine and 164 days for paediatrics are unduly long?
obstetrics Moreover, the average waiting time for
etegy and
medicine can be days and 83 days respectively, which
is about two to three months. Are they also unduly long?
Before the new projects are completed in 1996, will there be any interim measure to improve the situation?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE: Sir, many of these
waiting times are longer, of course, than we would wish,
but given the position that I explained later in my answer
often
that acute cases are dealt with in many cases immediately,
exde
and that anyone who is in danger of life and limb is seen
by a specialist elinic in a very short time. the Director
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of Medical and Health Services considers that the position
is acceptable if not ideal. As regards the
second part of Mr. HO's question, the various hospital
projects to which I refer will come on stream throughout
the period between now and 1996, so there should be a
steady improvement throughout that period.
MR. POON CHI-FAI (in Cantonese):
in
Sir, has the Administration
which patients' condition has
collated any information on case
cases which
deteriorated due to the long waiting time or patients have
even died in the course of waiting? If not, will the
Administration collate such information to understand such