„MEIDAY, JULY 17, 1974
3 LAY ECDS
WITH REGARD TO CLINICS, POLYCLINICS OR SPECIALIST CLINICS WOULD BE SET UP ON HONG KONG ISLAND EAST, EAST KOWLOON, SOUTH KWAI CHUNG, SHA TIN, TUEN HUN, AND KWUN TONG.
GENERAL CLINICS WOULD BE PROVIDED AT NGAU TAU KOK, LAM TIN, TO KWA WAN, HA KWAI CHUNG, LEI MUX SHUE AND SIA TIN. THE VIOLET PEEL CLINIC, THE CENTRAL DISPENSARY, AND THE CLINICS AT SHAM SHUI PO AND SAI KUNG WOULD BE RE-PROVISIONED.
AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THESE NEW POLYCLINICS AND CLINICS WOULD BE THE INCLUSION OF +DAY BCDS+ FOR PATIENTS REQUIRING ATTENTION AND CARE AFTER DISCHARGE, AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES.
DR. CHOA TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT, ACCORDING TO PROPOSALS IN THE WHITE PAPER, REGIONALISATION WOULD BEGIN ON APRIL 1 NEXT YEAR. WITH FOUR REGIONS TO START WITH -- HONG KONG ISLAND, WEST KOWLOON, EAST KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND WEST NEW TERRITORIES.
A FIFTH REGION WOULD BE CREATED BY THE DIVISION OF EAST KOWLOON AND EAST NEW TERRITORIES WHEN THE NEW SHA TIN HOSPITAL HAD BEEN COMMISSIONED.
THE REGIONS WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN REGIONAL HOSPITALS, WITH ALL APPROPRIATE SPECIAL SERVICES, ONE OR HOME DISTRICT HOSPITALS WITH ORDINARY HOSPITAL FACILITIES, ONE OR IRE SPECIALIST CLINICS, AND A NUMBER OF GENERAL CLINICS.
THE INTENTION WAS TO DRING MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES TOGETHER -- TO THE ADVANTAGE OF MEDICAL SERVICES GENERALLY, BECAUSE REGIONALISATION WOULD HELP DETERMINE REGIONAL NEEDS AND THE FULLEST USL OF ALL AVAILABLE HOSPITAL BEDS.
STANDARDISATION OF FEES
AS SOON AS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REGIONAL STRUCTURE ALLOWED, THE ACCIDENT SERVICE WOULD IMPROVE WITH THE 'TWO-TIER' ORGANISATION OF DESIGNATED ACCIDENT CENTRES AND ACCIDENT CENTRES, WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF TREATEMENT AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES, INCORPORATED INTO REGIONAL AND DISTRICT HOSPITALS RESPECTIVELY.
DR. CHOA SAID REGIONALISATION MEANT A STANDARDISATION OF GENERAL WARD FEES IN THE HOSPITALS, COVERNMENT AND SUBSIJISED, WHICH WOULD BE BROUGHT INTO THE SCHEME, IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE DISPARITY OF CHARGES AT PRESENT OBTAINING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS, WHICH WERE NOT ENTIRELY FREE EXCEPT ON APPLICATION FOR REMISSION, AND CERTAIN GOVERNMENT-ASSISTED HOSPITALS, WHICH WERE TRADITIONALLY FREE.
+ IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM THAT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE FULL BENEFIT OF REGJONALISED SERVICES, THERE SHOULD BE A UNIFORMITY OF CHARGES, WITH A REMISSION SCHEME 1 CASE OF NEED.+ HE EXPLAINED. + THE GOVERNMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN TO REVIEW THE METHODS OF SUBYENTING HOSPITALS INCLUDED IN THE REGIONAL ISATION SCHEME.+
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