(B)
SUPPLY OF LINEN:
LO
6
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1989
(C)
ACTION IS BEING
TAKEN то INCREASE THE STOCK OF HOSPITAL LINEN то ALLEVIATE THE IMMEDIATE SHORTAGES WHILE LONGER-TERM SOLUTIONS ARE BEING WORKED OUT TO OVERCOME THE LONG-STANDING HIGH-WASTAGE AND CIRCULATION DIFFICULTIES.
PHARMACY SERVICE IN REGIONAL HOSPITALS:
AS A START, THE CLOSING HOUR OF THE PHARMACY ELIZABETH HOSPITAL WILL BE EXTENDED FROM 5 PM WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
(D) CLERICAL AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR DOCTORS:
IN QUEEN
ΤΟ 10 PM
TWENTY-TWO ADDITIONAL SECRETARIAL AND CLERICAL POSTS WILL BE CREATED IN THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL THIS MONTH AND ANOTHER 47 POSTS WILL BE CREATED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS FOR THE OTHER THREE REGIONAL HOSPITALS.
WHERE OVERCROWDING WAS CONCERNED, MR CHAU SAID OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE LONGER-TERM SOLUTIONS WAS THE PROVISION OF MORE HOSPITAL BEDS.
"IN THIS REGARD, AN
ADDITIONAL 5,000 BEDS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE IN NEW OR EXTENDED GOVERNMENT AND SUBVENTED HOSPITALS OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS.
"THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE IN THE MEDIUM TERM OF 23 PER CENT OVER THE CURRENT NUMBER OF PUBLIC HOSPITAL BEDS AND SHOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS REDUCING THE OVERCROWDING IN OUR MAJOR HOSPITALS, MR CHAU SAID.
--
FOR THE MORE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, MR CHAU SAID HE WOULD MAKE A DETERMINED EFFORT TO SEE IF SHORTER-TERM SOLUTIONS COULD BE FOUND ΤΟ REDUCE SOME OF THE EXISTING OVERCROWDING.
"IT OUGHT TO BE CLEAR FROM WHAT I HAVE SAID ALREADY THAT WHERE SOLUTIONS CAN BE FOUND AND IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN THE SHORT TERM, WE ARE TAKING ACTION, HE SAID.
11
BUT, 1. REPEAT, THERE ARE NO INSTANT
MANY PROBLEMS OF OUR HOSPITALS."
THE
SOLUTIONS то THE
GOVERNMENT ENGAGED MEDICAL SERVICES IN тоо CONSCIOUS OF THESE
MR CHAU POINTED OUT THAT IN 1984, OVERSEAS CONSULTANTS TO EXAMINE THE DELIVERY OF HOSPITALS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALL PROBLEMS.
/THE DECISION