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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1991
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON EMILY LAU WAT HING, MRS WONG SAID THE CT SCANNER IN PWH WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR 214. 1 HOURS OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS, REPRESENTING A DOWNTIME RATE OF 2.4 PER CENT.
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THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT WAS THE NEED FOR MAJOR REPAIRS IN JULY SEPTEMBER WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 150.5 HOURS, OR 70 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL DOWNTIME.
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SINCE THEN, THE MACHINE-TIME HAD BEEN RESTORED TO OVER 90 PER CENT OF THE OPERATING CAPACITY, SHE SAID.
MRS WONG ALSO NOTED THAT PWH IS THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TERRITORIES EAST WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF 1.03 MILLION.
NEW
APART FROM PWH WHICH HAS 1,380 BEDS, THE NEW TERRITORIES EAST REGION IS ALSO SERVED BY FANLING HOSPITAL (98 BEDS), SHATIN CHESHIRE HOME (246 BEDS), HAVEN OF HOPE HOSPITAL (271 BEDS), ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL (97 BEDS), 16 OUT-PATIENT CLINICS AND A RANGE OF OTHER MEDICAL AND HEALTH FACILITIES, SHE SAID.
THE REGION NOW HAS 2.07 BEDS PER 1,000 POPULATION, WHICH COMPARES WITH 4.28 REDS PER 1,000 POPULATION FOR THE TERRITORY AS A WHOLE.
THE ACTUAL OPERATING EXPENDITURE FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES IN 1990/91 (INCLUDING SUBVENTIONS) WAS $6.56 BILLION, OF WHICH $687.8 MILLION, OR 10.5 PER CENT, WAS SPENT ON PWH.
"TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE CURRENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE VARIOUS FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE UTILISATION OF HOSPITAL SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES EAST REGION, SUCH AS THE RELATIVELY YOUNG POPULATION, THE HOSPITAL UTILISATION RATE AND THE AVAILABILITY OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES, THE ALLOCATION TO PWH IS CONSIDERED SECRETARY SAID.
FAIR," THE
"THE SHATIN CHESHIRE HOME AND SHATIN INFIRMARY AND CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL ARE TWO NEW HOSPITALS OPENED THIS YEAR TO SERVE THE NEW TERRITORIES EAST REGION POPULATION.
"PLANS ARE ALSO IN THE PIPELINE TO IMPROVE THE HOSPITAL BEDS IN THE REGION.
PROVISION OF.
**THESE INCLUDE THE
EXPANSION WORKS AT
THE FANLING RELOCATION OF
HOSPITAL, EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT WORKS AT THE PWH, THE NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL AT TAI PO, REDEVELOPMENT OF THE HAVEN OF HOPE HOSPITAL AND BUILDING OF THE NEW TAI PO INFIRMARY AND HOSPITAL.'
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