WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1986
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CONSIDER CAREFULLY REPORT'S RECOMMENDATIONS
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MUST CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MEDICAL REPORT IN THE LIGHT OF EXISTING PROBLEMS AND REVIEW THEM ONE BY ONE IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM AND PROVIDE SOLUTIONS STEP BY STEP, THE HON PANG CHUN-HOI SAID IN THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE SAID HE AGREED THAT PROBLEMS DID INDEED EXIST IN CURRENT MEDICAL SERVICES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT.
HE NOTED THAT ALL THESE WERE COMPLICATED PROBLEMS WHICH COULD NOT BE RESOLVED INSTANTLY. THEY NEEDED TO BE IMMEDIATELY REVIEWED AND IMPROVED.
BUT, HE STRESSED, BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, LOW-COST MEDICAL SERVICE WAS REQUIRED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
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HE SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT, THEREFORE, HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN CARRYING OUT REFORMS TO THE EXISTING MEDICAL SYSTEM AND IN ORDER NOT TO CREATE SOCIAL INSTABILITY, DECISIONS SHOULD NOT BE MADE TOO HASTILY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, MR PANG SAID HE DOUBTED WHETHER IT WAS WORTHWILE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO EMPLOY OVERSEAS CONSULTANTS TO STUDY LOCAL ISSUES CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG AND THE LIVELIHOOD OF ITS PEOPLE.
HE REITERATED THAT IN FUTURE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONSIDER WHETHER THIS WAS APPROPRIATE.
CALL FOR +INTEGRATED+ MEDICAL SERVICES
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES OUTSIDE HOSPITALS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO URGENTLY AND CAREFULLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONSULTANTS' RECOMMENDATIONS, PROFESSOR THE HON POON CHUNG-KWONG SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING DURING THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE MEDICAL REPORT PROF POON ARGUED THAT MEDICAL SERVICES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE HOSPITALS WERE INTEGRATED AND SHOULD NOT BE REVIEWED SEPARATELY.
/HE POINTED