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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

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SÜDAY, APRIL 28, 1974

PROGRESS REPORT ON PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL

ORGANISATIONAL PROCEDURES AND GENERAL PRACTICES ARE BEING DEVISED FOR THE PRINCESS DARGARET KCPITAL IN LAI CHI KOK, WHOSE GENERAL WING IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED EARLY IN 1975.

THE COMMISSIONING UNIT OF THE NEW $50 MILLION HOSPITAL, LED BY DR.. KENNETH CRAIG, MEDICAL ADMINISTRATOR, IS ALSO CONSIDERING NECESSARY IN-SERVICE TRAINING TO BE CARRIED OUT IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE GENERAL WING, THE MAIN BUILDING, OF THE COMPLEX, HAS ALMOST BEEN COMPLETED, AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE HANDED OVER TO THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SOME TIME THIS JUNE. FINAL TOUCHES TO INTERIOR WORK ARE NOW PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY,

AN ADVANCE PARTY OF ABOUT 15 MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITAL'S STAFF ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THE SITE, RECEIVING, FOR EXAMPLE, EQUIPMENT FOR THE OPERATION THEATRES, FOR X-RAY, AND OTHER SPECIALIST SERVICES.

INTAKE OF PATIENTS AFTER THE OPENING OF THE GENERAL WING IS PLANNED ON A PHASED BASIS STRETCHING OVER THREE MONTHS OR SO, AND ENDING WITH THE OPENING OF THE CASUALTY SECTION.

BY THAT DATE, ALL SUPPORTING AND CLINICAL SECTIONS WILL BE OPERATIONAL, AND SPECIALISED UNITS OF ALL CLINICAL SECTIONS WILL BE ADDED GRADUALLY AS THE NECESSARY STAFF BECOME AVAILABLE.

THE 1,350-BED GENERAL SECTION VILL HAVE, BESIDES OTHERS, A GERIATRIC UNIT FOR THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ELDERLY, AND A UNIT FITTED WITH ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY EQUIPMENT OF THE LATEST DESIGN.

WHEN FULLY OPERATIONAL, THE GENERAL WING OF THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL WILL NEED MORE THAN 130 DOCTORS AND MORE THAN BOO NURSES AND OTHERS. THE HOSPITAL IS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE GROWING POPULATION IN THE NORTHWEST AREAS OF KOWLOON, AND THE TUO RAPIDLY-DEVELOPING TOUNS OF KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN VAN.

PROGRESS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMBINED STAFF QUARTERS - IS PRESENTLY CAUSING SOME CONCERN, BECAUSE THE GENERAL WING CAN NOT BE OPENED UNTIL AT LEAST ONE MONTH AFTER COMPLETION OF THE QUARTERS.

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Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

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