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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1986.
DUCHESS VISITS PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL
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HER ROYAL DCHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT SPENT AN HOUR AT THE PRINCE OF WA TO OSPITAL IN SHA TIN TODAY (MONDAY) TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOSPITAL WHICH SHE HAD OPENED THREE YEARS AGO.
THE 1 446-BED HOSPITAL, WHICH SERVES AS A REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE EAST NEW TERRITORIES AND A TEACHING HOSPITAL FOR THE MEDICAL FACULTY OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE DUCHESS IN NOVEMBER, 1982.
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MR JOHN ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAMBERS, THE DUCHESS OF KENT WAS GREETED ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES, DR S. H. LEE AND OTHER SENIOR STAFF.
THE DUCHESS WENT FIRST TO A MEMORIAL PLAQUE, WHICH SHE HAD PERSONALLY UNVEILED WHEN SHE ATTENDED THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE HOSPITAL.
SHE WAS HAPPY TO LEARN THAT THE FOUR-PHASE COMMISSIONING PROGRAMME OF THE $713.5 MILLION HOSPITAL HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED IN JULY LAST YEAR AND WAS PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF MEDICAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING A 24-HOUR ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICE.
SHE WAS LATER TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE GERIATRIC DAY HOSPITAL IN THE MAIN LOW WHERE SHE WAS WELCOMED BY PROFESSOR JOHN VALLANCE-OWER, PROFESSOR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICING OF THE UNIVERSITY.
PROFESSOR VALLANCE-OWEN EXPLAINED THAT THE UNIT AIMED TO HELP THE AGED TO LIVE AN INDEPENDENT LIFE AND TO OVERCOME SOCIAL PROBLEMS LIKE LONELINESS, AND PROVIDED THEM WITH TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION SERVICES.
SOME 20 ELDERLY PEOPLE GO EVERY DAY TO USE THE UNIT'S FACILITIES.
AT THE OMEN'S MEDICAL WARD, THE DUCHESS MET A GROUP OF MEDICAL STUDENTS.
AT TH! PAEDIATRIC WARD, THERE WAS A LITTLE SURPRISE WAITING FOR THE DU: HESS,
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY PATIENT, WU KAM-LAN, GREETED HER AND PRESENTED HER WITH A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS.
THE DUCHESS, ACCOMPANIED BY PROFESSOR DAVID DAVIES, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE PAEDIATRIC UNIT, THEN TOURED THE WARD AND TALKED TO SOME YOUNG PATIENTS WHO WERE HAVING THEIR LESSONS AT THE RED CROSS HOSPITAL SCHOOL SET UP THERE.
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THE SL. 30! RUN BY THE RED CROSS SCHOOLS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, PROVIDES TUITION FOR YOUNG PATIENTS WHILE THEY ARE IN HOSPITAL. THERE ARE TEACHERS, SERVING AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 35 CHILDREN FROM VARIC'S UNITS IN THE HOSPITAL.
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