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MONDAY, MAY 22, 1978
+ IT ..ILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED FACILITIES FOR HEART SURGERY AND FOR THE CARE OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM MEDICAL HEART CONDITIONS, HE ADDED.
SIR MURRAY CONGRATULATED MR. 2.M. LEE. CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG HEART FOUNDATION, AND MEIERS OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THEIR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL FUND RAISING EFFORTS AND SAID: +PARTICULARLY 1 THANK MR. KWOK FOR HIS GREAT GENEROSITY, AND HOPE THAT THE EXAMPLE YOU HAVE GIVEN WILL BE A MODEL FOR OTHERS TO COME.+
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE OTHER OFFICIALS OF THE HONG KONG HEART FOUNDATION. THE GRANTHAM HOSPITAL AND THE HONG KONG ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORACIC DISEASES ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF 5. KWCK'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR. LI FOOK-KOW, THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, MR. E.P. HC, AND THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. K.L. THONG, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG HEART FOUNDATION, ALSO ATTENDED.
THE PLAN TO DEVELOP GRANTHAM HOSPITAL INTO A CARDIO-THORACIC CENTRE WAS SUGGESTED BY PROFESSOR J.G. SCADDING AND DR. WALLACE FOX OF THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO VISITED HONG KONG IN 1975.
THE PROPOSAL WAS ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE BY A WORKING COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES AND A JOINT WORKING PARTY, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG ANTI- TUBERCULOSIS AND THORACIC DISEASES ASSOCI'TION AND THE HONG KONG HEART FOUNDATION, AS LATER APPOINTED TO DRAW UP A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
THE JOINT WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDED THAT THE CENTRE SHOULD BE SET UP WITH SUFFICIENT FACILITIES TO:
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INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OPEN-HEART OPERATIONS FROM 150 TO 600 A YEAR-
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CLOSED-HEART OPERATIONS FROM 50 TO 150 A YEAR-
PROVIDE INTENSIVE CARE FACILITIES FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM MEDICAL HEART CONDITIONS=
RELIEVE QUEEN MARRY HOSPITAL OF CARDIAC INVESTIGATORY CASES- AND
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PROVIDE AN OUT-PATIENT SERVICE.
WHEN THE CENTRE IS FULLY DEVELOPED, GRANTHAM HOSPITAL ..ILL REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL 14 ILLION YEAR TO RUL. THIS SU" ..ILL BE PROVIDED BY A GOVERNMENT SUBVENTION.
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