THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1975
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LARGER CASUALTY WARD FOR 0.5.!.
THE BUSY CASUALTY WARD AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL WILL BE EXTENDED TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE PATIENTS REQUIRING EMERGENCY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.
PART OF AN OPEN COURT NEAR THE WARD WILL BE ENCLOSED FOR THE EXTENSION AND WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FIVE EXTRA TREATMENT CUBICLES AND A WAITING AREA.
THE ALTERATION WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN PHASES TO MINIMIUSE OBSTRUCTION TO THE EVERYDAY OPERATION OF THE WARD.
LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 225,000 EMERGENCY CASES WERE EXAMINED BY DOCTORS THERE - A 40 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE ATTE! ANCE IN 1970 WHEN THERE WERE SOME 157,000 CASES.
PATIENTS BROUGHT TO THE WARD COME FROM VARIOUS DISTRICTS OF KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES AND AT TIMES ARE AIR-LIFTED FROM REMOTE ISLANDS AND AREAS NOT CONVENIENTLY ACCESSIBLE BY ROAD.
THE EXISTING ACCOMMODATION HAS BECOME INADEQUATE OVER THE YEARS AND THE EXTENSION SHOULD GREATLY HELP TOWARDS COPING WITH THE INCREASING NUMBER OF PATIENTS ATTENDING FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL
AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
CHAI WAN PARK TO HAVE MORE FACILITIES
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A PAVILION WITH ORIENTAL COLOURS WILL BE BUILT AT THE CHAI WAN PARK SITUATED AT THE JUNCTION OF LEE CHUNG STREET AND NING FOO STREET.
THE PAVILION, WHICH FORMS STAGE 11 OF THE CHAI WAN PARK PROJECT, WILL BE BUILT ON A HILLTOP INSIDE THE PARK OVERLOOKING THE AREA. IT WILL BE SURROUNDED BY BENCHES AND ENCLOSED WITH A BAMBOO-PATTERN ORNAMENTAL RAILING.
ONE MORE BASKETBALL COURT, A COMBINED TOILET-REFRESHMENT STAND, PATHS AND FLOWER BEDS WILL ALSO BE BUILT.
CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL BEGIN IN MAY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
LIGHTS WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE PARK SO THAT ITS FACILITIES MAY BE USED AFTER DARK BY RESIDENTS OF THE NEARBY HOUSING ESTATE.
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