MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1989
SIGNIFICANT STEP IN IMPROVING MEDICAL SERVICES: GOVERNOR
THE
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OF THE FOUNDATION LAYING
STEP IN HOSPITAL MARKS A SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVE HONG KONG'S MEDICAL AND HEALTH DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY),
THE
STONE OF THE PAMELA YOUDE TO EFFORTS GOVERNMENT'S SERVICES, THE GOVERNOR, SIR
IN
CHAI
IN
THE
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SPEAKING AT THE STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE HOSPITAL
WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS WAN. SIR DAVID SAID THE HOSPITAL GOVERNMENT'S DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE HONG KONG'S STANDARD SIX HOSPITAL BEDS PER 1,000 POPULATION.
THAT MEDICAL SERVICES
"ANOTHER IMPORTANT AIM IS TO MAKE SURE ARE LOCATED WITHIN REASONABLE REACH," SIR DAVID SAID.
THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT HỌNG KONG HIGH STATISTICAL STANDARDS OF HEALTH WITH THE AMONG THE LOWEST IN THE WORLD.
HAD ALREADY ACHIEVED INFANT MORTALITY RATE
LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS AMONG THE HIGHEST UNITED STATES OR THE UNITED KINGDOM.
HIGHER THAN EITHER THE
"BUT THIS EXCELLENT STATISTICAL RECORD SHOULD NOT LULL US
INTO
CAN DO, AND WILL DO, ΤΟ
A SENSE OF COMPLACENCY, THERE IS MUCH WE IMPROVE OUR STANDARDS OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE,
HE NOTED THAT HONG KONG NOW HAD 4.5
AND EXPANDED POPULATION. BY 1996, FURTHER 13,000 BEDS.
NEW
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HE SAID.
HOSPITAL BEDS PER 1,000 HOSPITALS WOULD PROVIDE
A
1,000 "THIS MEANS WE WILL IMPROVE OUR STANDARD TO SIX BEDS PER
THAT IN THE UNITED STATES POPULATION. THIS RATIO IS COMPARABLE TO
OF THE PROJECTS IN THIS TODAY. THE PAMELA YOUDE HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, SIR DAVID SAID.
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ONE IS
ARE TREATED "AT PRESENT, MOST ACUTE CASES ON HONG KONG ISLAND
LONG WAY FROM EASTERN DISTRICT, AT QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL. THAT IS A WHERE NEARLY HALF OF THE POPULATION OF HONG KONG ISLAND LIVE.
THIS
COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY SERVICE.
SERVICES.
THE RESIDENTS THE PAMELA YOUDE HOSPITAL WILL PROVIDE FOR
ON THEIR DOORSTEP A MODERN HOSPITAL DISTRICT
A FULL INCLUDING
ACCIDENT RANGE OF
OF
WITH
A AND
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SIR DAVID SAID THE PAMELA YOUDE HOSPITAL,
DESIGNED FOR 1,750
WAS ONE
BEDS INCLUDING 200 DAY BEDS, WITH ROOM FOR FURTHER EXPANSION, OF THE LARGEST HOSPITALS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
ON CURRENT ESTIMATES IT WOULD COST OVER $2.2 BILLION.
/"THE SIZE ............