WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1985
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24-HOUR CASUALTY SERVICE PROVIDED BY FOUR HOSPITALS
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FOUR SUBVENTED HOSPITALS -- KWONG WAH HOSPITAL, POK OF HOSPITAL, CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE AND UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL PROVIDED A 24-HOUR CASUALTY SERVICE, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TAI CHIN-WAH, MR CHAMBERS SAID THE FOUR HOSPITALS WERE EQUIPPED WITH BLOOD BANKS, AND EXCEPT FOR POK OI HOSPITAL, ALL OF THEM PROVIDED A 24-HOUR BLOOD CROSS-MATCHING SERVICE.
MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT 16 SUBVENTED HOSPITALS WERE EQUIPPED WITH X-RAY FACILITIES.
THERE WERE ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL, GRANTHAM HOSPITAL, RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM, KWONG WAH HOSPITAL, OUR LADY OF MARYKNOLL HOSPITAL, UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL, HAVEN OF HOPE HOSPITAL, CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE, THE DUCHESS OF KENT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, NAM LONG HOSPITAL, TUNG WAH HOSPITAL, TUNG WAH EASTERN HOSPITAL, HONG KONG BUDDHIST HOSPITAL, WONG TAI SIN INFIRMARY, POK OI HOSPITAL AND YAN CHAI HOSPITAL.
OF THESE HOSPITALS, THE FIRST EIGHT PROVIDED A 24-HOUR X-RAY SERVICE, HE ADDED.
THREE MORE INFIRMARIES IN NT BY 1995
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PLANS ARE IN HAND TO BUILD THREE GOVERNMENT INFIRMAR IES IN SHA TIN, TAI PO AND TSUEN WAN BY 1995, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO THE HON TAI CHIN-WAH, MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT IN THE SUBVENTED SECTOR, A SECOND CHESHIRE HOME WOULD BE BUILT IN SHA TIN,
+THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF ESTABLISHING INFIRMARIES WAS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF OVERCROWDING IN MAJOR ACUTE HOSPITALS, + HE SAID.
+THEY ARE INTENDED TO CATER FOR THE LONGER-TERM AND CHRONICALLY ILL, WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO BE ACCOMMODATED IN ACUTE HOSPITAL BEDS WHICH ARE IN GREAT DEMAND, HE ADDED.
/ MR CHAMBIAS