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MORE MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR TUEN MUN
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TUEN MUN RESIDENTS WILL HAVE MORE AND BETTER MEDICAL FACILITIES WHEN THE OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT AND THE FAMILY HEALTH CENTRE OF THE NEW YAN OI POLYCLINIC BEGIN TO OPERATE ON APRIL 1.
THE NEW POLYCLINIC, SITUATED NORTH OF CASTLE PEAK POLICE STATION IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD, WILL REINFORCE THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE EXISTING GOVERNMENT CLINIC IN TUEN MUN.
THE $20-MILLION PROJECT HAS BEEN BUILT WITH THE HELP OF A $4-MILLION DONATION FROM A NEW TERRITORIES CHARITY ORGANISATION, YAN OI TONG.
THE BUILDING CONSISTS OF A SIX-STOREY BLOCK AND A TWO-STOREY LOW BLOCK, PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION FOR A CHEST CLINIC, A DENTAL CLINIC, A RADIODIAGNOSTIC DEPARTMENT AND A PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY WHICH WILL BE IN OPERATION AT A LATER DATE.
THESE SERVICES, TOGETHER WITH THE OUT-PATIENT CLINIC AND THE FAMILY HEALTH CENTRE, REPRESENT THE FIRST PHASE OF THE TUEN MUN POLYCLINIC PROJECT,
BY 1984, THE SECOND PHASE WILL BE COMPLETED WITH MODERN FACILITIES FOR VARIOUS SPECIALITIES, INCLUDING A RENAL DIALYSIS CENTRE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED FOR THE GROWING NEW TOWN WITH A POPULATION ESTIMATED TO BE OVER 400 000 BY THE MID 1980'S.
AT PRESENT TUEN MUN IS SERVED BY A GENERAL CLINIC WHICH PROVIDES AN OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, A FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE, A MATERNITY HOME, A CHEST CLINIC AND A METHADONE CLINIC.
IN VIEW OF THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN POPULATION, A 1 300 BED DISTRICT HOSPITAL IS BEING BUILT AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY 1985 - 86 TO SERVE THE WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE YAN OI POLYCLINIC WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE AT 2.30 PM ON MONDAY (MARCH 29). ADDRESSING THE CEREMONY ALSO WILL BE THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG AND THE CHAIRMAN OF YAN OI TONG, MR LAU WONG-FAT.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.
TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE CLINIC. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO TAKE THE TRANSPORT SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 1 PM SHARP ON MONDAY. MR PAUL WAI, SENIOR INFORMATION OFFICER, WILL ASSIST THE PRESS.
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