MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1980
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COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR TUEN MUN
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RESIDENTS IN TUEN MUN AND NEARBY AREAS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF MEDICAL FACILITIES BY THE MID-1980'S WITH THE COMPLETION OF A DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND A POLYCLINIC.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG DURING THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE YAN OF POLYCLINIC THIS (MONDAY) MORNING.
+THE POLYCLINIC HAS COME AT THE RIGHT MOMENT AS THIS AREA HAS EXPERIENCED RAPID INCREASE IN POPULATION AS A RESULT OF THE EXTENSIVE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMMES AND NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT,+ HE SAID.
THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE POLYCLINIC WAS LAID BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES.
THE FIVE-STOREY BUILDING, LOCATED IN THE TUEN MUN TOWN CENTRE, IS NAMED AFTER YAN OI TONG, A LOCAL CHARITY ORGANISATION WHICH CONTRIBUTED $4 MILLION TO MEET PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST.
WHEN COMPLETED, THE POLYCLINIC WOULD REINFORCE THE SERVICES OF THE EXISTING CLINIC IN TUEN MUN, DR THONG SAID.
STAGE OF THE PROJECT WILL INCORPORATE A LARGE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES, A CHEST CLINIC, A RADIODIAGNOSTIC UNIT, A PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY AND A DENTAL CLINIC.
IN STAGE II, A SEVEN-STOREY BUILDING WILL PROVIDE OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT IN VARIOUS SPECIALIST SERVICES AND RENAL DIALYSIS FACILITIES TO COMPLEMENT THE FUTURE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL.
THE DISTRICT HOSPITAL WILL BE BUILT AS PART OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S REGIONALISATION SCHEME AND TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES FROM A POPULATION OF OVER HALF A MILLION AT THE END OF THIS DECADE.
THE HOSPITAL, WITH ITS 1 350 BEDS, IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1985, DR THONG SAID.
THE CHAIRMAN OF YAN OJ TONG AND TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAU WONG-FAT ALSO SPOKE AT THE CEREMONY TODAY. HE POINTED OUT THAT YAN OI TONG HAD BEEN PROVIDING MEDICAL AND WELFARE SERVICES TO LOCAL RESIDENTS.
THIS TIME IT CO-OPERATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POLYCLINIC TO PROVIDE MORE MEDICAL FACILITIES, SOME OF WHICH WERE RATHER UNIQUE IN TUEN MUN, HE SAID.
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