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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1989
MR CHAU SAID IT WAS ON THE QUESTION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE,
ΤΟ START A REVIEW OF THE INDEED THE INTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT PRESENT SYSTEM IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND WITH A DEGREE OF URGENCY.
"IN DRAWING UP THE TERMS OF
REFERENCE
REGARD TO DR IP'S REMARKS.
P
"BUT I DOUBT VERY MUCH WHETHER
I WILL CERTAINLY PAY
AFTER THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY INFANCY HAS BEEN SET UP NEXT YEAR, AND IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF ITS
BY
INTO IT, RE-INJECTING THAT
OR WE SHOULD ENLARGE
CLINICS, THEREBY MAKING INJESTING INTO IT, THE GENERAL OUT-PATIENTS
ORGANISATION
IT AN EVEN BIGGER ORGANISATION.
"BUT, AS I SAID, NOTHING IS SET IN CONCRETE," MR CHAU SAID.
SPLIT BEGINS A PROGRESSIVE CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
WAS IN THE
DEPARTMENT WAS BEING THE SPLITTING OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DONE IN PREPARATION FOR THE FORTHCOMING HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AND IT A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, DR THE HON LEONG CHE-HUNG SAID LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HEALTH WOULD ACT AS A CATALYST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN HONG KONG.
SPLIT, DR LEONG SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION ON THE
A ESTABLISHMENT FOR
SEPARATE SAID HE HOPED THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF ΤΟ A MORE SPEEDY CONSIDERATION
OF
"THE
MEDICAL
PROFESSION HAS
AND
HAS
FAR
BEEN SCEPTICAL THE ADMINISTRATION
ALWAYS UNDERSTANDABLY DISAPPOINTED BY THE FACT THAT IGNORED A TOTAL REVIEW OF MEDICAL HEALTH IN HONG KONG AND HAS SO
HE SAID. ONLY LAID EMPHASIS ON THE DELIVERY OF HOSPITAL CARE,
THE TOTAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, WHICH WAS JUST AS IMPORTANT IN PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE, HAD NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED, DR LEONG SAID.
OBVIOUSLY MANY "GREY AREAS" WOULD REMAIN AFTER THE SPLIT.
IN RELATION TO FRONT-LINE WORKERS WOULD BE FEELING AT A LOSS SENSE OF BELONGING AND SUFFER DISILLUSION WITH THEIR CAREER.
IT WAS
CRUCIAL
IN THESE SENSITIVE TIMES, ADMINISTRATION TO AFFIRM THAT THE EXERCISE OF THE SPLIT WAS BEGINNING OF A PROGRESSIVE CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, AND THAT
REGULAR ON A WOULD BE REVIEWED
WITH BASIS
CONSULTATION WITH THE WORKING STAFF.
FULL
MANY THEIR
FOR
THE
ONLY THE THIS MOVE INFORMATION AND
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