TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1989
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH ANNOUNCES IMPROVEMENT IN SERVICES
THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT A PILOT SCHEME ΤΟ INTRODUCE MEDICAL RECORDS FOR INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS WOULD COMMENCE IN FOUR GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS FROM TOMORROW.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT HIS FIRST "MEET THE MEDIA" SESSION SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT AS THE HEAD OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
DR LEE SAID THAT THE SCHEME WAS ONE OF A SERIES OF SHORT AND LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
INITIALLY, THE SCHEME WOULD BE INTRODUCED AT THE ANNE BLACK HEALTH CENTRE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, CHEUNG SHA WAN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC IN KOWLOON, WONG SIU CHING CLINIC IN NEW TERRITORIES EAST AND THE NORTH KWAI CHUNG CLINIC IN NEW TERRITORIES WEST,
"THE SCHEME WILL BE EVALUATED SUCCESSFUL, CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO OTHER CLINICS," DR LEE SAID.
HE SAID THAT THE MEDICAL RECENTLY ENDORSED A PROPOSAL SERVICE AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE.
AFTER SIX MONTHS, AND IF EXTENDING THE SCHEME TO
DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD ΤΟ REVIEW THE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT
"IT IS EXPECTED THAT A WORKING PARTY WILL BE ESTABLISHED SHORTLY TO UNDERTAKE THE REVIEW AND то MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT, HE ADDED.
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IN THE NEXT DECADE, DR LEE SAID, 13 MORE CLINICS WOULD BE BUILT TO IMPROVE THE PROVISION OF OUT-PATIENT SERVICE. ONE OF THESE WOULD BE OPENED IN YUEN LONG THIS YEAR.
MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT SERVICE INCLUDE:
(A) THE INTRODUCTION OF A BLOCK APPOINTMENT SYSTEM WHICH AIMS TO REDUCE THE UNNECESSARY WAITING BY PATIENTS AT THE CLINICS, AND
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THE SETTING UP OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO LOOK INTO THE SERVICES IN CLINICS WITH A VIEW ΤΟ IDENTIFYING AREAS WHICH NEED IMPROVEMENT.
ON HEALTH EDUCATION, DR LEE SAID, PLANS WERE IN HAND TO DEVELOP HEALTH EDUCATION CENTRES ON A REGIONAL BASIS.
IN ADDITION TO THE THREE EXISTING HEALTH EDUCATION EACH ON HONG KONG ISLAND, IN EAST KOWLOON AND TERRITORIES ONE WAS BEING PLANNED FOR WEST KOWLOON.
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