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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1991
SCALE OF
"THIS REVEALED WHETHER IMPROVEMENTS TO REQUIRED OR WHETHER THE RECONSIDERED," HE SAID.
THE ROAD NETWORK DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
ARE
TO
BR
THE IMPROVEMENTS WERE NEEDED,
CONSTRUCTION OF
MR LEUNG SAID WHERE ROAD GOVERNMENT'S AIM WAS TO COMPLETE THEM TO TIE IN WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
BE POSSIBLE FOR A NUMBER of NEED то COMPETE
"HOWEVER, THIS MAY NOT ALWAYS REASONS, INCLUDING LAND RESUMPTION PROBLEMS AND THE FOR RESOURCES," HE SAID.
MANPOWER SHORTAGE HAMPERS FULL OPERATION OF TUEN MUN HOSPITAL
MAIN.
THE
MANPOWER SHORTAGE, PARTICULARLY OF NURSES, HAS BEEN THE CO NTRAINT IN BRINGING THE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL INTO FULL OPERATION, SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY ΤΟ A QUESTION BY THE HON NO MING-YUM, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MRS WONG SAID INTENSIVE EFFORTS HAD BEEN MADE TO INTRODUCE INCENTIVES FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF STAFF AND IN RE-DEPLOYING EXISTING RESOURCES.
SHE SAID THE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL WAS A MAJOR ACUTE HOSPITAL COMPRISING 1,606 BEDS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF PATIENT SERVICES IN MANY CLINICAL SPECIALTIES.
THESE SERVICES AND SPECIALTIES INCLUDED SURGERY, MEDICINE, PAEDIATRICS, GERIATRICS, OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY, ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY, RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY.
THE SECRETARY SAID IT HAD BEEN THE PLAN THAT A HOSPITAL OF SUCH MAGNITUDE AND COMPLEXITY SHOULD BE COMMISSIONED IN PHASES, HAVING REGARD TO THE EXIGENCIES OF SERVICE AND ANTICIPATED PATIENT NEEDS.
SHE TOLD MEMBERS THAT THE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL WAS OPENED IN MARCH LAST YEAR BRINGING 366 BEDS INTO IMMEDIATE USE.
AN EIGHT-HOUR ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICE WAS INTRODUCED JULY LAST YEAR AND THIS WAS EXTENDED ΤΟ A 12-HOUR ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICE THIS JANUARY.
AS OF TODAY, THE NUMBER OF BEDS IN USE IN THE AT 753, WITH A STAFFING COMPLEMENT OF 1,807.
IN
HOSPITAL
STANDS
/MRS WONG .................
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