XN000022-1975-10-13 — Page 3

MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1975

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A THEATRE SERVICE CENTRE WITH A CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEM OF CLEANING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PRE-SETTING TRAYS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPERATIONS.

* AN AUTO-ANALYSER WITH 14 CHANNELS AT THE PATHOLOGY

DEPARTMENT. THIS NEWEST EQUIPMENT, WORTH $1.4 MILLION, IS CAPABLE OF DOING 14 DIFFERENT KINDS OF BLOOD TEST AT THE SAME TIME TAKING ONLY ONE MINUTE, I.E. 840 TESTS CAN BE DONE WITHIN ONE HOUR.

THE ROLE OF THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL IS TWO-FOLD: TO SERVE THE PEOPLE IN THE WESTERN PART OF BOTH KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES AS A REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND TO PROVIDE BADLY NEEDED ADDITIONAL BEDS FOR MENTAL PATIENTS. AFTER THE TRANSFER OF PATIENTS TO THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL, THE OLD LAI CHI KOK HOSPITAL WILL BE USED TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE MENTAL PATIENTS FROM CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL WHICH HAS LONG BEEN FILLED TO CAPACITY.

THE THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL HAS TWO WINGS: GENERAL WING AND THE PSYCHIATRIC WING WHICH, WHEN COMPLETED IN A FEW YEARS, WILL BE HONG KONG'S SECOND MENTAL HOSPITAL WITH 1,350 BEDS.

THE CAPITAL COSTS OF THE GENERAL WING AMOUNT TO $51.5 MILLION, THE COMBINED STAFF QUARTERS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN $31 MILLION AND THE PSYCHIATRIC WING ABOUT $64.6 MILLION, THUS, THE WHOLE PROJECT, OCCUPYING SOME 27 ACRES OF LAND, WILL COST A LITTLE LESS THAN $150 MILLION. FURTHERMORE. $20 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN OR WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE GENERAL WING.

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

A PRESS VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1975. THOSE INTERESTED IN THE VISIT ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT 10 A.M. SHARP IN CANTON ROAD OPPOSITE HONG KONG HOTEL WHERE THEY WILL BE TAKEN BY COACH AM5017 TO THE HOSPITAL AT LAI CHI KOK. MR. MAK KING-YIU. SENIOR INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WILL BE THERE TO ASSIST THE PRESS.

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