Wednesday, October 24, 1973
GOVERNOR OPENS YAN CHAI HOSPITAL
The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, today described the new
Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan as "a splendid example of what can be
achieved when the government and the community join forces in a common cause."
He was speaking at the official opening of the hospital which is
the first of its kind to be built in an expanding industrial area by the
district's own community leaders, in conjunction with the government and
the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Sir Murray said the hospital marked a step forward in the medical
field. Its role, he added, would be doubly valuable because it would be
possible to transfer patients from government medical institutions to the
new hospital which would charge prices in line with government hospital fees.
This means that no one need pay more than $1 as an out-patient or
$2 as an in-patient," the Governor said. "This is a most noteworthy step
towards providing standardised low cost medical care for the growing population
of Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung."
For the future, the Governor said that if the recommendations of
the Rodrigues Report are implemented, general clinics would be provided at
Kwai Chung and Lei Muk Shue during the next 10 years to supplement the
South Kwai Chung Polyclinic and the Princess Margaret Hospital.
He added that more social facilities would be provided in the new
towns now being planned as well as in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung to catch up
with the expanding population in the area which is expected to increase by
400,000 over the next decade.
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