WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1992
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GOVERNOR PRAISES MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PRAISED COMMUNITY EFFORTS AND THE WORK OF PROFESSIONALS IN PROVIDING HONG KONG WITH IMPROVED MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS THE TERRITORY'S OTHER SUCCESSES.
MEDICAL AND HEALTH FORWARD TO PLAYING OF THE
SPEAKING ΤΟ REPORTERS AFTER VISITS ΤΟ INSTITUTIONS, MR PATTEN SAID HE WOULD BE LOOKING HIS PART IN BUILDING ON THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS WITH THE WORK HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE.
HE SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE MANAGEMENT, DOCTORS, NURSING AND SUPPORTING ANCILLARY STAFF HE MET TODAY.
"I'M VERY PLEASED AT THE SUCCESS WHICH THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY HAS HAD IN ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR CAMP BEDS, MR PATTEN SAID.
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"I THINK THE MANAGEMENT HERE HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB ENSURING THAT THE RESOURCES THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE ARE BETTER MANAGED IN THE INTERESTS OF PATIENT CARE,' HE ADDED.
MR PATTEN SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT HOSPITAL AND CLINIC MANAGEMENTS WOULD MAKE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT HONG KONG TAXPAYERS' MONEY WOULD BE AS WELL USED AS POSSIBLE.
THE VISIT BEGAN WITH A BRIEFING AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG; THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, AND THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OF THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, DR E.K. YEOH.
ACCOMPANIED BY MRS WONG, THE GOVERNOR FIRST VISITED RUTTONJER HOSPITAL IN WAN CHAI WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON PLANS TO EXPAND THE HOSPITAL INTO A DISTRICT HOSPITAL.
HE TOURED THE TUBERCULOSIS AND CHEST DISEASE UNIT AND WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE GERIATRIC HOSPITAL, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
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FROM THERE, THE GOVERNOR DROVE TO THE NEW LAM TIN POLYCLINIC WHERE HE NOTED THE COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF OUT-PATIENT SERVICES PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
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IN THE AFTERNOON, MR PATTEN VISITED THE YAU MA TEI JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC, WHICH IS ONE OF THE OLDER POLYCLINICS FACED WITH LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS OF OVERCROWDEDNESS AND LONG WAITING QUEUES,
HE WAS ASSURED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH THAT THERE WERE PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATION.
/MR PATTEN