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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1989
TUEN MUN HOSPITAL FIRST STAGE OPENS IN DECEMBER
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HOSPITAL WILL OPEN IN DECEMBER THE FIRST STAGE OF TUEN MUN THIS YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON CHAU TAK-HAY, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HOSPITAL WAS CARRIED OUT IN
NEAR
FIVE
OF THE 1,600-BED HE SAID THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION AND THAT ITS COMMISSIONING WOULD BE STAGES OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.
SAID
THAT
STAFF
HAD BEEN
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO THE HON LAU WONG-FAT, MR CHAU HE DID NOT EXPECT THE OPENING OF STAGE I WOULD BE DELAYED SINCE
STAGE THAT UNDER THE POSTS IN THE HOSPITAL TO FILL IDENTIFIED.
"SOME ARE NOW RECEIVING
IN TRAINING
OTHER PUBLIC HOSPITALS
41 HE SAID.
WITH A VIEW TO FILLING POSTS IN TUEN MUN HOSPITAL,
"OTHER POSTS WILL BE FILLED BY PROMOTION OR INTERNAL TRANSFER,'
PI
HE ADDED.
MR CHAU SAID THE HOSPITAL WOULD REQUIRE 260 DOCTORS
NURSES FOR THE NURSES, INCLUDING 103 DOCTORS AND 484 STAGE I.
AND 1,711 OPERATION
OF
A
TOTAL OF
374
HOSPITAL
BEDS AND DAY-TIME
ACCIDENT
AND
EMERGENCY SERVICES WOULD BE PROVIDED IN THIS STAGE, HE ADDED.
AS TO THE PROBLEM OF MEDICAL AND
ON
MR
NURSING STAFF SHORTAGE,
AND SERVICE SALARIES CIVIL CHAU SAID: "THE STANDING COMMISSION
STRUCTURE OF CONDITIONS OF SERVICE IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE SALARY
DOCTORS AND NURSES GRADES IN THE NON-DISCIPLINED CIVIL SERVICE, AND ARE AMONG THE GRADES THAT WILL BE GIVEN PRIORITY UNDER THIS REVIEW.
REVIEW, THIS
TOGETHER WITH SHOULD HELP TO BRING PERSONNEL FOR PUBLIC STAGES OF TUEN
MUN
"ANY IMPROVEMENTS EMANATING FROM OTHER MEASURES THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING,
NURSING ABOUT A BETTER SUPPLY OF MEDICAL
SUBSEQUENT MEDICAL
AND
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INCLUDING THE SERVICES, HOSPITAL, HE ADDED,
AMBULANCE SERVICES REVIEW CONCLUDED
*
ITS
NON-EMERGENCY
USE,
BARNES
INFORMED
THE
THE AMBULANCE SERVICES REVIEW STEERING GROUP HAD CONCLUDED DELIBERATIONS ON THE FEASIBILITY OF CHARGING FOR THE SECRETARY FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SECURITY,
THE HON
GEOFFREY
MR
HON CHUNG PUI-LAM, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE
WOULD SOON SUBMIT BARNES
THAT THE SAID
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE MATTER TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
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