TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1989
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GOVT SHARES OBJECTIVE TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE: GOVERNOR
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THE GOVERNMENT SHARES THE SAME OBJECTIVE OF MEDICAL STAFF ΤΟ IMPROVE PATIENT CARE AND HOSPITAL SERVICES, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF AN EXTENSION AT THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL. SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD SPOKEN AT A RECEPTION TO A GROUP OF VERY IMPRESSIVE DOCTORS AND OTHER MEDICAL STAFF WHO EXPRESSED THEIR OBJECTIVES IMPROVEMENT.
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"THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NOW HAVE ΤΟ IMPROVE. SOMETHING FROM THE PAST WE HAVE TO PUT RIGHT, HE SAID.
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"THE PROCESS WILL TAKE TIME. SOMETHING WE CAN DO STRAIGHTAWAY, SOME WILL TAKE LONGER. HE ADDED.
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"WE MUST DO IT THROUGH CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE MEDICAL STAFF AND THE GOVERNMENT.
"THAT'S THE ATTITUDE THE GOVERNMENT HAS. I BELIEVE ATTITUDE THAT THE MEDICAL STAFF AND THE DOCTORS WILL ALSO DAVID SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR REITERATED THAT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HOSPITAL PROJECTS WERE A DEMONSTRATION OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVED THERE MUST BE MORE RESOURCES PUT IN ΤΟ IMPROVE MEDICAL SERVICES.
ASKED TO COMMENT ON A REQUEST FROM SUBVENTED HOSPITAL STAFF FOR REPRESENTATIONS AT HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEES, SIR DAVID SAID THAT WHILE THE GOVERNMENT WERE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT DOCTORS, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD LOOK AT OTHER WAYS OF ENSURING THAT THERE WERE ADEQUATE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE SUBVENTED SECTOR.
"THE IMPORTANT POINT I THINK IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE PROPER CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION.
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"WITH THE SUBVENTED SECTOR, YOU ALSO HAVE TO THE WISH OF THE SUBVENTED SECTOR TO HAVE A DEGREE OF INDEPENDENCE, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
SIR DAVID ALSO NOTED THAT THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE DIALOGUE DIRECT OR INDIRECT.
"THERE SHOULD BE ADEQUATE DIALOGUE AND THAT MEANS THE BEST AS SEEN BY BOTH SIDES.
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THEN, IF THEY'RE NOT ADEQUATE, WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IMPROVED AND THAT THEY ARE ADEQUATE,
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HE EMPHASISED.
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