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Information on public hospitals
Following is a question by Dr the Hon Huang Chen-ya and a written reply by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Does the Government have the following data in respect of each public hospital in the past year:
the respective numbers of in-patients and out-patients who received the following examinations:
(a)
(1)
gastrocopy;
(ii)
colonoscopy;
(b)
(c)
(d)
(iii) C.T. brain scan;
(iv)
(v)
C.T. abdomen scan;
mammogram;
(vi) breast ultrasound;
(vii) isotope bone scan;
(viii) liver and gall-bladder ultrasound;
(ix) IVP; and
(x)
bronchoscopy;
the average and longest periods of time which in-patients and out- patients had to wait respectively for each of the above examinations;
whether there were any cases in which the patients were hospitalised unnecessarily due to the prolonged waiting time for the above examinations; if so, of the average number of days for such hospitalisation; and
of the plans in place to reduce the waiting time for the above examinations?