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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1986
+DETAILED TREATMENT RECORDS, LABORATORY TEST RESULTS AND DOCTORS' REFERRAL LETTERS ARE REQUIRED WHEN A PATIENT IS TRANSFERRED FROM ONE HOSPITAL TO ANOTHER. SUCH A MEASURE WILL RENDER MEDICAL SERVICES MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT, + HE SAID.
MR YEUNG ALSO URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO FURTHER INCREASE GRANTS TO SUBSIDISED HOSPITALS.
+IT WILL, ON THE ONE HAND, REDUCE THE PRESSURE ON THE SERVICES OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS, WHILE, ON THE OTHER HAND, AFFIRM AND INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE SUBSIDISED HOSPITALS TO SERVE MORE USEFUL PURPOSES AND PROVIDE MORE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC,+ HE SAID.
INCLUDE SUBVENTED HOSPITALS IN NEW STRUCTURE
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THE INCLUSION OF SUBVENTED HOSPITALS IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROPOSED HOSPITAL AUTHORITY WOULD BRING ALL-ROUND BENEFITS TO HONG KONG'S MEDICAL SERVICES, THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING DURING THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE REPORT ON THE DELIVERY OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN HOSPITALS. MR CHENG SAID FOR FINANCIAL REASONS MANY OF THE SUBVENTED HOSPITALS WERE AT PRESENT UNABLE TO ATTRACT WELL-QUALIFIED MEDICAL AND NURSING STAFF, AND CONSEQUENTLY STANDARDS WERE QUITE UNSATISFACTORY.
+ IT IS HIGH TIME FOR THESE HOSPITALS TO BE BROUGHT UP TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS THOSE RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT -- A MOVE WHICH, IT IS HOPED, WILL HELP RELIEVE OVERCROWDING IN GOVERNMENT'S REGIONAL HOSPITALS, HE SAID.
AS THERE WOULD BE PARITY IN PAY SCALES, MANY GOVERNMENT SERVANTS IN THE MEDICAL SERVICES WERE CONCERNED THAT THERE MIGHT BE A LEVELLING-DOWN IN THEIR INTERESTS OR BENEFITS, MR CHENG SAID.
HE CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO ASSURE THEM THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF SERVICE WOULD NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED.
MR CHENG SAID HE BELIEVED THAT SETTING UP AN INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, WITH REGIONAL BOARDS OF MANAGEMENT WHICH INCLUDED HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES, WOULD CERTAINLY INCREASE EFFICIENCY.
/+THE LOCAL