SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1981
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NEW CLINIC FOR TAI HANG TUNG
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A NEW GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINIC AT NAM SHAN ESTATE IN
TAI HANG TUNG, KOWLOON, WILL BEGIN SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC ON TUESDAY (APRIL 21) AS PART OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S PLAN TO IMPROVE MEDICAL FACILITIES.
THE NAM SHAN HEALTH CENTRE, OCCUPYING AN AREA OF 860 SQUARE METRES ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF NAM YIU HOUSE, WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING CLINIC AT TAI HANG TUNG.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE TAI HANG TUNG CLINIC, ESTABLISHED IN 1957, HAD ONLY ONE CONSULTING ROOM FOR GENERAL OUT-PATIENT SERVICE AND THE BUILDING HAD BECOME RATHER DILAPIDATED.
+THE LIMITED FACILITIES ARE NO LONGER SUFFICIENT TO COPE WITH THE POPULATION IN THE AREA WHICH HAS RAPIDLY INCREASED DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS, HE SAID.
THE NEW CLINIC, BUILT AT A COST OF ABOUT $1 MILLION, 15 SEVEN TIMES LARGER THAN THE OLD ONE, AND PROVIDES A WIDER RANGE OF SERVICES WITH MORE UP-DATED EQUIPMENT.
IT PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION FOR FOUR CONSULTING ROOMS A DISPENSARY, A TREATMENT/INJECTION ROOM, AN ADMINISTRATION ROOM AND A WAITING ROOM.
TWO OF THE CONSULTING ROOMS, EQUIPPED WITH STANDARD DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC INSTRUMENTS, WILL SERVE THE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, WHEREAS THE OTHER TWO WILL PROVIDE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE.
AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL HEALTH CARE, A COMPREHENSIVE OBSERVATION SCHEME FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILY PLANNING, WILL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE FROM MAY 1.
THE EXPANDED SERVICE WILL BENEFIT AN ESTIMATED 100 000 PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF TAI HANG TUNG, TAI HANG SAI, NAM SHAN, SHEK KIP MEI UPPER ESTATES, KOWLOON TSAI SQUATTERS AND PAK TIN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS.
MAC MOVEMENT IN TSUEN WAN COMES OF AGE
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THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MOVEMENT IN TSUEN WAN HAS +COME OF AGE+, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
MR LUI WAS SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL TSUEN WAN/KWAI CHUNG MAC DINNER PARTY.
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