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Friday, December 14, 1973

$6.8 MILLION POLYCLINIC EXPANSION PROJECT

The South Kwai Chung Jockey Club Polyclinic is to be expanded

with the addition of another building on an adjacent site to provide

rehabilitation and specialist services for residents in the Tsuen Wan

and Kwai Chung townships.

Work on this $6.8 million second phase of the Polyclinic will

begin early in the new year, with completion expected in 15 months. The

building will consist of two wings, rising to six and seven storeys

respectively.

The existing Polyclinic is already providing general out-patient,

maternal and child health, chest and X-ray services. The extension will

add substantially to these by providing a rehabilitation centre, a day

treatment centre for psychiatric cases, and various specialist units.

The rehabilitation centre will be on the ground floor. It will

have facilities for physiotherapy, occupational therapy, orthopaedic and

prosthetic appliances and medical social work.

The first floor will be devoted to a paediatric out-patient alinic

and general administration offices.

Medical out-patient and orthopaedic clinics will be located on the

second, and surgical out-patient and social hygiene clinics on the third

floor.

There will be obstetrical and gynaecological out-patient clinics

and ophthalmic, and car, nose and throat out-patient clinics on the fourth

floor.

The remaining floors will house a psychiatric day treatment centre.

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