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Thursday, December 6, 1973
The following is the full text of the Governor's speech:
Bishop Baker, Mr. Chairman and Directors of the United Christian
Hospital, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The United Christian Hospital has been built through the joint
efforts of its Board of Directors, the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, many
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local and overseas religious and educational organisations and your
Government. It is a good example of what can be achieved when the Government
and the community work together.
This hospital, and the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital
with which it is closely linked, will be under one organisation, the United
Christian Hospitals. This is a charitable organisation which in addition
to providing care for the sick, especially for the poor and needy, trains
nurses, mid-wives and other medical staff.
The United Christian Hospital, with 555 beds, will function as an
acute general hospital and will provide a full range of facilities for
casualty and emergency cases. In addition, the charges levied will be the
same as those in Government hospitals:- $2 a day for in-patients and $1
a visit for out-patients. These arrangements will permit Government medical
institutions to refer patients particularly those in Kwun Tong -
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directly to the United Christian Hospital for admission.
This means that
this hospital will make an immediate contribution to the provision of low-
nost medical facilities in the Kwun Tong and East Kowloon areas.
/Kwun Tong