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Wednesday, March 28, 1973
On direct government involvement with family planning, Dr. Choa
told the Council that, as a first step, it had been decided to provide family
planning clinic sessions in government hospitals and clinics alongside maternal
and child health clinics.
The intention was to integrate family planning work into the maternal
and child health service. Despite such problems as the recruitment of trained
staff and revision of schedules, the matter was being given priority in view
of the expected increase in the number of women in the fertility group in the
next 10 to 15 years.
On care for the aged, Dr. Choa said 300 beds in the new Princess
Margaret Hospital would be set aside as acute beds for elderly patients. In
addition, the department was considering a proposal to provide a number of day
beds in new clinics for the elderly who needed some medical or nursing treatment,
but not hospitalisation.
"An ageing population is tending to emerge in Hong Kong, and we will
follow closely the ways with which other developed countries are taking care of
the elderly sick," he commented.
With regard to severely mentally retarded children, there was already
accommodation at Siu Lam Hospital for 200, He hoped that, with the assistance
of a subvented hospital, another 300 beds would become available in the future.
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