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Thursday, July 26, 1973
NEW ROLE FOR TUNG WAH EASTERN HOSPITAL
The Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, in So Kon Po, from today becomes a
district hospital serving residents in the eastern part of Hong Kong Island,
The hospital remains under the administrative control of the board
of directors of the Tung Wah group of hospitals, but will admit acute cases
from the casualty section of the Tang Shiu Kin Hospital, and specialist
clinics at the Violet Peel Polyclinic in Wan Chai.
In addition, it will admit acute cases from specialist clinics at
the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital itself, The new arrangements provide 'for
co-operation between the Tung Wah Eastern and the Queen Mary hospitals so
that acute cases can be referred for admission from one to the other, both for
the convenience of the patients, and to reduce over-crowding in either hospital.
At a ceremony this morning to mark the new role of the Tung Wah
Eastern Hospital, the Director of Medical and Health Services, Dr. G.H. Choa,
said its designation as a district hospital serving the eastern portion of
the Island marked a further stage in plans to provide Hong Kong with more
hospital beds for acute cases.
By admitting cases from the casualty section of the Tang Shiu Kin
Hospital, most of whom up to now have been sent to the Queen Mary Hospital,
some of the congestion at Queen Mary will be immediately relieved.
Renovations to enable the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital to assume its
new role have taken one year to complete. The cost is $750,000, mot entirely
by the government.
The hospital