WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1935
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SIR DAVID SEES MEDICAL, HEALTH WORK
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS.
SIR DAVID WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, AND OTHER DIRECTORATE STAFF.
HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR VARIOUS MEDICAL AND HEALTH PROJECTS INCLUDING THE PROGRESS OF WORK ON THE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL, THE SHAUKE IWAN HOSPITAL AND THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL PHASE 11 EXTENSION PROGRAMME.
THE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1988, AND SHAUKEIWAN HOSPITAL IN 1991, PROVIDING 3 000 MORE HOSPITAL BEDS. IN ADDITION, THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL PHASE I EXTENSION PROJECT, WHICH IS DUE FOR COMPLETION IN 1988, WILL PROVIDE 850 MORE BEDS.
WITH AN OVERALL ESTABLISHMENT OF MORE THAN 24 000, THE DEPARTMENT OPERATES 14 HOSPITALS, 62 OUT-PATIENT CLINICS, 44 FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRES, 18 CHEST CLINICS AND 20 SOCIAL HYGIENE CLINICS.
MEDICAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR WILL BE ABOUT $4 BILLION, OF WHICH $1.13 BILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO SUBVENTED HOSPITALS.
SIR DAVID ALSO SPENT SOME TIME TALKING TO STAFF IN THE VARIOUS OFFICES.