WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1978
NEW MEDICAL PROJECTS FOR EAST N.T.
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A NUMBER OF MEDICAL PROJECTS ARE BEING PLANNED FOR THE EAST NEW TERRITORIES REGION TO COPE WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, PARTICULARLY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT ONE MAJOR GENERAL HOSPITAL, ONE NEW GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINIC AND ONE POLYCLINIC WILL BE BUILT IN SHA TIN.
IN ADDITION, THE FANLING HOSPITAL WILL BE EXTENDED AND A NEW HOSPITAL AND A GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINIC ARE BEING PLANNED FOR TAI PO TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF THE EAST NEW TERRITORIES REGION AS A WHOLE.
IN THE SHORT TERM, THE EXISTING SHA TIN CLINIC AND MATERNITY HOME WILL HAVE MORE MEDICAL FACILITIES TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING POPULATION IN SHA TIN. ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE IN THIS CLINIC UP TO MIDNIGHT BEGINNING IN OCTOBER.
CONSTRUCTION WILL SOON BEGIN ON A NEW GENERAL CLINIC, WHICH IS TO BE BUILT AT THE LEK YUEN HOUSING ESTATE.
THIS NEW CLINIC, WHEN COMPLETED IN EARLY 1980, WILL PROVIDE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT SERVICE, FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE, COMMUNITY MEDICINE AND HEALTH EDUCATION FACILITIES FOR THE LEK YUEN ESTATE RESIDENTS.
A NEW POLYCLINIC WILL ALSO BE BUILT AT SHA TIN TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF SPECIALIST SERVICES SUCH AS MEDICINE, GERIATRICS, SURGERY, ORTHOPAEDIC, OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGY, PAEDIATRIC, PSYCHIATRY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT AS WELL AS DERMATOLOGY.
THE POLYCLINIC, PROVIDING SUPPORTING SERVICES FOR THE NEW SHA TIN HOSPITAL, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER 1982.
SITE FORMATION FOR THE NEW SHA TIN HOSPITAL HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1,400-BED REGIONAL HOSPITAL, WHICH WILL PROVIDE TEACHING FACILITIES FOR THE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, WILL BEGIN SHORTLY. THE HOSPITAL, SERVING THE EAST NEW TERRITORIES REGION, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY LATE 1982.
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