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DR IP ALSO NOTED THAT THE DEMANDS FOR BIGGER AND BETTER GOVERNMENT MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES WERE INCREASING.
AS SHE SAW IT, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES HAD REACHED
A CROSSROADS WHERE THERE WERE THREE REALISTIC ROUTES:
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TO REMAIN AS IT IS BY OFFERING THE BEST SERVICE IT COULD FROM A TIGHT BUDGET
FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO RELINQUISH CERTAIN ASPECTS OF ITS SERVICE AND TO CONCENTRATE ITS RESOURCES ON SERVICES WHICH COULD BRING GREATEST SATISFACTION TO THE MOST NEEDED AND
* FOR THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO IMPROVEMENTS AND PROVISIONS OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES TO BE BORNE BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE EMPLOYERS AND THE EMPLOYEE, IN A REASONABLE PROPORTION THROUGH MEDICAL INSURANCE.
SHARING THE VIEWS OF DR HARRY FANG, SHE URGED THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A POLICY BRANCH FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, AND FOR THE SECRETARY POST SO CREATED TO BE FILLED BY A MEDICALLY QUALIFIED OFFICER.
30DR IP ALSO TOUCHED ON THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE AND EXPRESSED HOPES THAT ACTION COULD BE TAKEN TO IMPROVE IT AND TO EXTEND IT TO ALL CHILDREN IN HONG KONG.
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