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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1975
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS TO GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS THIS YEAR AMOUNTED TO NEARLY 111,000 AN INCREASE OF 8.5 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, HE NOTED, WHILE ATTENDANCES AT OUTPATIENT CLINICS REACHED 5.2 MILLION DURING THE SAME PERIOD - REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 5.5 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
ON FAMILY PLANNING, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE ABSORPTION OF THE 32 FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION CLINICS IN GOVERNMENT PREMISES HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED.
IN ADDITION, 16 NEW CLINICS HAD BEEN OPENED. THE NUMBER OF NEW PATIENTS MAKING USE OF THE CLINICS INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT IN 1974 AND IS BEING MAINTAINED THIS YEAR.
SIR MURRAY STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH THE FPA TO ENSURE THAT THE AVAILABILITY AND BENEFITS OF THE SERVICES ARE UNDERSTOOD AND APPRECIATED BY ALL.
IN A BRIEF REFERENCE TO THE QUESTION OF UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS, SIR MURRAY SAID THIS HAD BEEN A DIFFICULT PROBLEM FOR YEARS, AND HE THANKED THE WORKING PARTY UNDER SIR RONALD HOLMES FOR POINTING THE WAY AHEAD THROUGH A COMPLEX AND DELICATE SUBJECT.
ON THE SECOND MEDICAL SCHOOL AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, SIR MURRAY SAID PLANNING WAS GOING AHEAD. BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE UNIVERSITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE U.P.G.C., WOULD HAVE APPOINTED A MEDICAL ACADEMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HE SAID.
THIS COMMITTEE WILL SEE THAT THE DETAILED AND COMPLEX PLANNING INVOLVED IS CARRIED OUT AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. THE PLANS ENVISAGE COMPLETION OF THE NEW HOSPITAL AND POLYCLINIC AT SHATIN IN THE EARLY 80'S.
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