WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1992
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WAITING TIME FOR EYE SURGERIES TO BE REDUCED
THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY IS PLANNING TO INTEGRATE ITS EXISTING SERVICES WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY IN PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE A NETWORK OF THREE TERTIARY REFERRAL EIGHT SECONDARY REFERRAL CENTRES FOR EYE SURGERIES.
CENTRES AND
HON
FOR HEALTH AND THE PLAN WAS OUTLINED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY
A
BY QUESTION
THE WELFARE, DR S.H. LEE, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO HENRY TANG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SERVICE
CO-ORDINATION
BETTER HE SAID THIS WOULD LEAD TO HELP TO REDUCE THE WAITING TIME FOR OPHTHALMOLOGICAL OPERATIONS.
AND
DR LEE SAID THE WAITING TIME FOR SUCH OPERATIONS DEPEND ON NATURE AND SEVERITY OF THE DISEASE INVOLVED.
THE
"WHILE OCULAR EMERGENCIES ARE NORMALLY HANDLED BY THE
URGENT HOSPITALS, AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ACCEPTED BY THE ARGYLE STREET OPHTHALMIC CENTRE, CLINIC AND PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL, HE SAID.
ACCIDENT REFERRALS ARE TANG CHI NGONG
EYE
"IN ALL CASES, SURGERY IS ARRANGED ALMOST WITHIN DAYS OR WEEKS DEPENDING ON THE DEGREE OF URGENCY INVOLVED.'
PATIENTS
THE WAITING LIST.
WITHOUT WAITING
OR
**
OF
PLACED NON-URGENT CASES SUCH AS CATARACT ARE
ON
AND SIX MONTHS AT AND TUEN MUN
THE WAITING TIME RANGES FROM BETWEEN FOUR THE SOUTH KWAI CHUNG CLINIC, EAST KOWLOON POLYCLINIC HOSPITAL, TO BETWEEN 16 AND 18 MONTHS AT THE ARGYLE STREET CENTRE, TANG CHI NGONG EYE CLINIC AND PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL.
OF THE WAITING
OPHTHALMIC
TIME AND
DR LEE SAID PATIENTS WERE INFORMED
EARLY APPOINTMENT AT ANOTHER HOSPITAL THEY MAY REQUEST FOR AN CLINIC.
"REGULAR
CONSULTATIONS
ARE
OR
ΤΟ
THESE AND TO
FOLLOW-UP
PROVIDED OF ANY DETERIORATION
THEIR CONDITIONS PATIENTS TO DETECT PROVIDE PRIORITY ARRANGEMENTS WHERE APPROPRIATE," HE ADDED.
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