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K 香港政府 GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1976
PATIENTS ADMITTED TO Q.E.H. TOP MILLION MARK
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QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED GENERAL HOSPITALS IN THE COMMONWEALTH, HAS REACHED ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF HONG KONG'S MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES.
IN A SHORT SPAN OF 12 YEARS SINCE ITS INCEPTION ON DECEMBER 3, 1963, THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL HAS ALREADY TOPPED THE MILLION MARK, A REMARKABLE RECORD EVEN BY WORLD STANDARD. THE MILLIONTH PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE GENERAL WARD ON JANUARY 12, HERALDING THE START OF THE HOSPITAL'S 13TH YEAR OF SERVICE.
BUILT AT A COST OF SOME $65 MILLION, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT, THE 1,600-BED HOSPITAL (WHERE THERE ARE USUALLY AN EXTRA 300 TO 400 CAMP EEDS FOR EMERGENCY CASES) HAS BECOME A FAMILIAR LANDMARK TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS. THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE HOSPITAL WAS LAID LY PRINCE PHILIP IN MARCH, 1959.
DURING ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION 41,532 PATIENTS WERE ADMITTED AND 112,500 CASES WERE TREATED IN THE CASUALTY DEPARTMENT. THESE WERE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED TO 140,281 AND 242,478 RESPECTIVELY IN 1975.
COMMENTING ON THE FIGURES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID, THESE FIGURES ILLUSTRATE WHAT THE QUEEN ELIZALETH HOSPITAL HAS COME TO MEAN TO US IN HONG KONG. THOUGHT THAT THE EQUIVALENT OF A QUARTER OF OUR TOTAL POPULATION
IT IS A SOBERING HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIS ONE HOSPITAL. +
+WHILST NO DOUBT SOME HAVE HAD CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT, THE GREAT MAJORITY HAVE GONE AWAY GRATEFUL TO THE HOSPITAL AND ITS STAFF FOR RESTORING THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES TO GOOD HEALTH, HE ADDED.
MORE THAN 70 PER CENT OF ALL ADMISSIONS CAME THROUGH THE CASUALTY SECTION, WHICH OPERATES 24 HOURS A DAY. DURING 1975, ATTENDANCE WAS ON AN AVERAGE OF 700 A DAY, OR ONE PATIENT EVERY TWO MINUTES.
/THE SPOKESMAN
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