TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1984
TUEN MUN TO GET $900-M REGIONAL HOSPITAL
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WORK WILL BEGIN SHORTLY ON BUILDING THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL AT TUEN MUN.
THE PILING WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND WORK ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IS DUE TO START IN THE MIDDLE OF 1984 AND TAKE 42 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
CONTRACTORS WITH SPECIAL EXPERTISE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO APPLY TO BE INCLUDED ON LISTS TO PREQUALIFY TO TENDER FOR THE $900-MILLION PROJECT.
THE NEW 1 600-BED HOSPITAL WILL BE SITUATED NEAR CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN. THE GROSS AREA OF THE BUILDING WILL BE ABOUT 116 000 SQUARE METRES.
THE HOSPITAL WILL COMPRISE FOUR 10-STOREY MAIN WARD BLOCKS, A 10-STOREY OPERATING THEATRE BLOCK, A THREE-STOREY PATHOLOGY BLOCK AND A FOUR-STOREY BLOCK TO HOUSE VARIOUS SPECIAL FACILITIES.
IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR 400 NURSES AND STAFF QUARTERS.
THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN MAY 1982.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT TO COPE WITH INCREASED DEMAND FOR QUALIFIED NURSES RESULTING FROM THE GENERAL EXPANSION OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG IT WAS NECESSARY TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF TUEN MUN HOSPITAL TO INCLUDE THE TRAINING SCHOOL.
WHEN THE HOSPITAL IS COMPLETED IT WILL SERVE THE GROWING POPULATION OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN AS WELL AS THE NORTH-WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
TUEN MUN NOW HAS A POPULATION OF 230 000. WITH THE RAPID PACE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TOWN, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS FIGURE WILL REACH 500 000 BY THE 1990S.
AT PRESENT, YAN OI POLYCLINIC PROVIDES OUT-PATIENT SERVICES TO RESIDENTS. IT WAS OPENED IN MARCH, 1982, AND IS PHASE I OF TUEN MUN POLYCLINIC.
FACILITIES OF THE SIX-STOREY CLINIC INCLUDE A GENERAL OUT- PATIENT DEPARTMENT WITH SIX CONSULTATION ROOMS, A FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE PROVIDING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES AND FAMILY PLANNING, A DENTAL CLINIC, A CHEST SERVICE, A RADIODIAGNOSTIC CENTRE AND A LABORATORY.
MEANWHILE, WORK ON PHASE II OF TUEN MUN POLYCLINIC IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF APRIL THIS YEAR.
FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED IN THE SEVEN-STOREY BUILDING INCLUDE A MINIMAL-HELP DIALYSIS CENTRE AND DISPENSARY, PAEDIATRIC, GERIATRIC, MEDICAL,
MEDICAL, SURGERY, ORTHOPAEDIC AND OBSTETRICS-GYNAECOLOGY DEPARTMENTS, A PSYCHIATRIC DAY CENTRE AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION.
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