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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1977
1976 REVIEW OF MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT
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1976 SAW THE COMPLETION OF MANY MEDICAL PROJECTS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW HEALTH PROGRAMMES AND MEASURES WHICH REPRESENT A GIANT STEP FORWARD IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HONG KONG'S 10-YEAR MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
OF SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE WERE THE OPENING OF 16 ME THADONE DETOXIFICATION CENTRES FOR TREATING DRUG ADDICTS, THE SETTING UP OF A LICENTIATE COMMITTEE TO PREPARE FOR THE EXAMINATION OF UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS AND THE OPENING OF THE TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC TO SERVE THE EASTERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
THE NEW 1,300-BED PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL ALSO ENTERED INTO ITS FINAL PHASE WITH MOST OF ITS FACILITIES BECOMING FULLY OPERATIONAL.
WITH THE OPENING OF THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL, OVER- CROWDING AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY EASED. ALSO WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A REGIONALISATION SCHEME IN APRIL, 1977, THE SITUATION AT THE MAJOR HOSPITALS IS EXPECTED TO BE FURTHER IMPROVED.
CONDITIONS AT THE EXTREMELY BUSY CASUALTY DEPARTMENT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL HAVE BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED FOLLOWING ITS EXPANSION IN MARCH. THE WAITING AREA CAN NOW ACCOMMODATE TWICE AS MANY WAITING PATIENTS, AND THE NUMBER OF TREATMENT CUBICLES HAS ALSO BEEN INCREASED FROM EIGHT TO 12.
IN JANUARY 1976, THE HOSPITAL REACHED ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF HONG KONG'S MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES WHEN IT ADMITTED THE MILLIONTH PATIENT. IT WAS A REMARKABLE RECORD BY ANY STANDARD, CONSIDERING THAT THE HOSPITAL HAS ONLY BEEN IN SERVICE FOR 12 YEARS.
OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR INCLUDED STAGE ONE OF THE EAST KOWLOON POLYCLINIC AT NGAU CHI WAN, A MIDWIFERY TRAINING SCHOOL AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL AND AN ADDITIONAL FLOOR AT ARRAN STREET EYE CLINIC, WHICH WILL BE USED FOR A SPECIAL CLINIC FOR ASSESSING THE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY DISABLED.
DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW, CONSTRUCTION HAD BEGUN ON TWO IMPORTANT PROJECTS THE 1,300-BED SECOND MENTAL HOSPITAL AT LAI CHI KOK, AND THE MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR DENTAL NURSES AND A SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DENTAL CLINIC.
ON THE HEALTH SIDE, THE COMMUNITY CONTINUED TO ENJOY A GOOD STATE OF HEALTH AS EVIDENCED BY THE LOW MORTALITY RATE AND THE CONTINUAL DECLINE IN THE INCIDENCE OF MANY COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
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