MONDAY, JULY 23, 1990
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MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES ADEQUATE FOR SOUTH LANTAU
THE GOVERNMENT WILL ENSURE THAT AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF
RESIDENTS AND HEALTH SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED FOR
OF SOUTH
MEDICAL LANTAU
DOWN REPROVISIONING OF MUI
AND TOURISTS TO THE ISLAND WHEN THE SOUTH LANTAO HOSPITAL CLOSES BY THE END OF THIS YEAR UPON COMPLETION OF THE WO DISPENSARY.
AN
BRIEFING LANTAU ISLAND RURAL COMMITTEES AND ISLANDS DISTRICT
INTRODUCED BOARD MEMBERS ON THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS TO BE
UPON CLOSURE (MONDAY) OF THE SOUTH LANTAO HOSPITAL THIS
AFTERNOON,
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MR ALBERT LAM, SAID AN ACCIDENT EMERGENCY SERVICE WOULD BE INTRODUCED
MUI REPROVISIONED DISPENSARY TO COPE WITH DEMAND FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS.
AT THE
THIS WOULD
MR LAM POINTED OUT THAT ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICE AT THE TAI O JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC.
AND WO
SUPPLEMENT THE EXISTING
RESIDENTS' CONCERN
THAT
DEPARTMENT OF
"THE GOVERNMENT APPRECIATES LOCAL ACCESS TO THE CLINIC MAY BE A PROBLEM TO CERTAIN PATIENTS. THEREFORR ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE HEALTH AT THE MUI WO DISPENSARY.
CASES, FERRY, POLICE LAUNCH AND'
AVAILABLE FOR TRANSPORTING
SERIOUS "FOR EMERGENCY OR
ΤΟ BE HELICOPTER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE PATIENTS TO THE URBAN AREA," HE SAID.
TURNING TO GENERAL OUT-PATIENT (GOP) SERVICES, MR LAM SAID EXISTING ONES AT TAI O JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC AND MUI WO DISPENSARY CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED AS THEY ARE.
THE
WOULD
"THE TRAVELLING DISPENSARY OPERATED BY SOUTH LANTAO HOSPITAL WILL CONTINUE TO WILL BE TAKEN OVER BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE REMOTE PARTS OF SOUTH LANTAU,'
**
HE SAID.
BASED
THERE, MR
LAM
THE DECISION TO CLOSE DOWN THE SOUTH LANTAO HOSPITAL WAS ON THE CONTINUING UNDER-UTILISATION OF THE FACILITIES EXPLAINED.
IS
LOCATED IN CHEUNG SHA, THE HOSPITAL WITH 15 IN-PATIENT BEDS ONE OF FOUR MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS ON LANTAU ISLAND, THE OTHERS BEING AT TẠI Ở, HUI HỌ AND TUNG CHUNG.
THE HOSPITAL OWING TO THE POPULATION PATTERN OF LANTAU ISLAND,
THIS HAS BEEN UNDER-UTILISED FOR MANY YEARS, AND INDICATIONS ARE THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
DURING 1985-89, THE HOSPITAL ADMITTED ONLY AN AVERAGE OF 26 IN- RATE DROPPING FROM 3.1 PER PATIENTS EACH YEAR, WITH THE OCCUPANCY
YEARS CENT IN 1985 TO 0.04 PER CENT IN 1989. ALL ADMISSIONS IN RECENT
THERE WERE ONLY HAVE BEEN MATERNITY CASES AND IN THE WHOLE OF 1989, NINE ADMISSIONS.
/FOLLOWING THE