AY, MAY 13, 1935
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MORE WORK STARTS ON EXTENDING QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL
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A $389-MILLION CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TODAY FOR WORK ON THE SECOND OF A THREE-STAGE PROGRAMME TO EXTEND AND IMPROVE FACILITIES AT QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL IN POK FU LAM.
PART OF AN $864-MILLION OVERALL SCHEME, THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, MR CHAU CHAM-SON, AND THE DIRECTOR OF OVERSEAS DIVISION OF SHIMIZU CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED, MR MAMORU ASAHATA.
WORK ON THE SECOND STAGE INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO BUILDINGS, ONE 29 STOREYS HIGH AND FRONTING POK FU LAM ROAD AND THE OTHER OF 12 STOREYS TO BE BUILT AT THE REAR OF THE HOSPITAL.
WORK WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES, SUCH AS EXTENDING THE KITCHEN, BUILDING A NEW MAIN ENTRANCE AND ALTERING THE CASUALTY BLOCK.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT 76 000 SQUARE METRES MORE HOSPITAL SPACE WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE NEW BUILDINGS, WHICH WOULD BE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING HOSPITAL BY BRIDGES AND TUNNELS.
THE TALLER BUILDING WOULD BE MAINLY FOR PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS, AND WOULD INCLUDE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS AND A NEW PAEDIATRIC OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT.
+ THE BUILDING WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING WARDS FOR DIALYSIS, UROLOGY, ORTHOPAEDIC, RECONSTRUCTIVE, OBSTETRIC AND PRIVATE PATIENTS AND A NEW BURNS UNIT.
+THERE WILL ALSO BE ADDITIONAL OPERATION THEATRES, X-RAY ROOMS, LABORATORIES, STERILISING FACILITIES AND STAFF ACCOMMODATION, HE ADDED.
THE LOWER BLOCK WOULD HOUSE THE PSYCHIATRIC UNIT WITH WARDS AND FACILITIES FOR BOTH IN-PATIENTS AND OUT-PATIENTS. THERE WOULD ALSO BE A NEW CUSTODIAL WARD AND A MAJOR EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING CASUALTY DEPARTMENT.
ON COMPLETION OF THE WORK IN THE LATTER PART OF 1988, PATIENTS WILL BE MOVED INTO THE 844 BEDS AVAILABLE IN THE NEW BUILDINGS TO ALLOW UPGRADING WORK TO START ON WARDS IN THE EXISTING BLOCK.
+WE HAVE ENGAGED THE CONSULTANT FIRM OF LLEWELYN-DAVIES WEEKS TO UNDERTAKE THE PLANNING AND OVERALL DESIGN OF THE TWO BUILDINGS IN CONSULTATION WITH THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. THIS IS BECAUSE QUEEN MARY SERVES AS THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR HONG KONG ISLAND AS WELL AS BEING THE TEACHING HOSPITAL FOR THE UNIVERSITY'S MEDICAL FACULTY, HE SAID.
/BUILDING WORK