TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1977
EAST KOWLOON POLYCLINIC TO OPEN NEXT MONDAY
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THE NEW EAST KOWLOON POLYCLINIC AT HAMMER HILL, NGAU CHI WAN, WILL BEGIN OPERATION IN PHASES FROM NEXT MONDAY, PROVIDING FURTHER GENERAL OUT-PATIENT AND SPECIAL IST SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS IN THE EAST KOWLOON REGION.
STAGE OF THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, NOW COMPLETED, COMPRISES A CHEST CLINIC AND A GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINIC WHICH WILL ALSO HOUSE A MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRE AND A FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC.
THE PROJECT, BUILT AT A COST OF SOME $4 MILLION, IS THE FIRST OF SEVEN NEW GENERAL CLINICS PLANNED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR COMPLETION WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO MEET THE INCREASING NEEDS FOR OUT-PATIENT SERVICES.
THE EAST KOWLOON POLYCLINIC WILL PROVIDE MAIN HEALTH SERVICES TO THE INCREASING POPULATION IN KWUN TONG, WONG TAI SIN, SAU MAU PING AND WANG TAU HOM. THE CHEST CLINIC, FOR INSTANCE, WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR OUT-PATIENT CHEMOTHERAPY, THUS ENABLING HOSPITAL BEDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS TO BE USED FOR OTHER CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY HEART DISEASES.
THE NEW CHEST CLINIC WILL RELIEVE MUCH OF THE PRESSURE ON THE EXISTING GOVERNMENT CHEST CLINICS WHERE ATTENDANCES LAST YEAR EXCEEDED 1.5 MILLION.
CONSTRUCTION OF STAGE 1 OF THE POLYCLINIC WILL BEGIN SOON AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1979. WHEN FULLY OPERATIONAL, IT WILL PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR SPECIALIST UNITS - MEDICAL, SURGERY, ORTHOPAEDIC, PAEDIATRIC, OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGY, OPHTHALMIC AND EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
THE ROYAL JOCKEY CLUB HAS DONATED $1.3 MILLION TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF STAGE OF THE POLYCLINIC.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EAST KOWLOON POLYCLINIC WILL BE OFFICIATED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, ON THURSDAY (JULY 21) AT 3.30 P.M. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE EVENT. DUE TO LIMITED SPACE, TV MEDIA ARE ADVISED TO USE HAND-HELD CAMERAS.
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