THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1976.
TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC TO OPEN NEXT MONDAY
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THE $6 MILLION TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC AT MORRISON HIL WILL BE IN USE FROM NEXT MONDAY, PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF SPECIALIST FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE ISLAND,
THE CLINIC, NAMED AFTER THE FATHER OF WELL-KNOWN PHILANTHROPIST SIR SHIU KIN TANG, IS AN EIGHT-STOREY BUILDING WHICH OCCUPIES AN AREA OF ABOUT 12,000 SQUARE FEET ALONGSIDE THE TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL.
IT WILL REPLACE THE SPECIALIST CLINIC PRESENTLY ACCOMMODATED AT THE VIOLET PEEL POLYCLINIC IN WANCHAT. THE TRANSFER FROM VIOLET PEEL TO THE TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC WILL BE BY PHASES BEGINNING WITH THE OPHTHALMIC AND SPECIAL SKIN UNITS. THE OTHER SPECIALIST OUT-PATIENT SERVICES — MEDICINE, SURGERY GYNAECOLOGY, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
NOSE AND THROAT WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE NEW BUILDING DURING THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THE VIOLET PEEL POLYCLINIC WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT SERVICES WHILE THE VACANT PREMISES RESULTING FROM THE TRANSFER OF THE SPECIALIST UNITS WILL BE USED FOR A METHADONE DETOXIFICATION CENTRE.
THE TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC WILL ATTEND TO PATIENTS REFERRED FROM GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS AND DOCTORS FOR SPECIALIST OPINIONS AND SPECIAL FOLLOW-UP TREATMENT OR EXAMINATION OF PATIENTS DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITALS.
THE $6 MILLION CAPTIAL COST HAS BEEN MET IN PART BY A SUBSTANTIAL DONATION BY SIR SHIU KIN TANG, WHO HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO MANY OTHER MEDICAL PROJECTS.
IN THE NEW SPECIALIST CLINIC, THERE ARE 21 CONSULTING ROOMS, TWO OPERATING THEATRES FOR MINOR SURGICAL AND OPHTHALMIC CASES, VISUAL CUITY AND TEST ROOMS, TREATMENT ROOMS, DISPENSARIES, LABORATORIES, SPEECH THERAPY ROOMS AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES.
EACH FLOOR HAS BEEN DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ACCOMMODATE
A PARTICULAR TYPE OF SPECIALIST SERVICE.
THE EXISTING EYE CLINIC AT THE VIOLET PEEL POLYCLINIC WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW, AND ON SATURDAY AND NEXT MONDAY IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL INTO THE TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC WILL BE HELD AT 4 P.M. ON MONDAY, 24TH MAY. THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION, MR. DENIS BRAY, WILL UNVEIL A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE TO DECLARE THE CLINIC OPEN, AND SIR SHIU KIN WILL UNVEIL A BUST OF THE LATE TANG CHI NGONG. YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE THE CEREMONY COVERED.
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