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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1989
DURING MR CHAN'S 14-DAY PROGRAMME HE WILL MEET MANY KEY FIGURES IN U.S. TRADE POLICY.
HE WILL ALSO TALK TO THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK, ON FRIDAY, JUNE 16; AND TO A LUNCH HOSTED BY THE TOWN HALL OF CALIFORNIA, AN INFLUENTIAL CURRENT AFFAIRS DISCUSSION GROUP, ON JUNE 21.
REVIEW ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
A WORKING PARTY WILL SHORTLY BE ESTABLISHED ΤΟ CONDUCT A REVIEW ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (PHC) IN HONG KONG TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ASPIRATIONS OF SOCIETY AND ITS CHANGING NEEDS, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT A LUNCH MEETING OF THE ROTARYCLUBOF KOWLOON WEST, DR LEE SAID ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE REVIEW WAS TO EXAMINE THE INTERFACE BETWEEN GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS AND HOSPITAL SERVICE, TO FIND OUT HOW THE PHC SERVICES COULD BE BETTER CO-ORDINATED AND IN WHAT WAY THEY COULD HELP TO KEEP PATIENTS OUT OF HOSPITALS AND PROMOTE AMBULATORY CARE.
THE RESPECTIVE ROLES OF THE UNIVERSITIES SECTOR IN PHC WOULD ALSO BE COVERED IN THE REVIEW.
AND THE PRIVATE
DR LEE SAID THE REVIEW WOULD ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT ΤΟ FORMULATE NEW POLICY ON PHC AND PAVE THE WAY FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF PHC SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
THE DIRECTOR SAID HONG KONG'S MEDICAL AND HEALTH RECENTLY UNDERGONE CONSIDERABLE CHANGES.
SERVICES HAD
FOLLOWING THE REORGANISATION OF THE FORMER MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, A NEW DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WAS ESTABLISHED ON APRIL 1.
ON HOSPITAL SERVICE, THE GOVERNMENT ACCEPTED A CONSULTANCY TEAM'S RECOMMENDATION TO ESTABLISH A HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (HA) ΤΟ PROVIDE A MORE FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE IN THE DELIVERY OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN HOSPITALS.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HA SHOWED GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT то TACKLE PROBLEMS OF THE EXISTING HOSPITAL SYSTEM AND ITS DETERMINATION TO BRING IMPROVEMENT TO THE HOSPITAL SERVICE, DR LEE SAID. HOSPITAL SERVICE, HOWEVER, FORMED ONLY A PART OF THE TOTAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
"THE WORLD
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