XN000022-1980-04-26 — Page 2

SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1980

NT MEDICAL SERVICES BEING EXPANDED

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FANLING HOSPITAL HAS BEEN EXPANDED WITH THE COMPLETION OF A NEW FIVE-STOREY EXTENSION BLOCK TO SERVE THE GROWING POPULATION IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE EXTENSION, TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING BUILDING, WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR NEW SERVICES AND 48 MORE BEDS.

WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE HOSPITAL WILL HAVE A CASUALTY DEPARTMENT, A GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, AN X-RAY UNIT, AN OPERATING THEATRE AND A PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE.

THERE WILL ALSO BE QUARTERS FOR DOCTORS, NURSES AND OTHER HOSPITAL STAFF.

EXTENSION OF FANLING HOSPITAL IS PART OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE MEDICAL FACILITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IN SHA TIN, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SEVEN-STOREY GENERAL CLINIC, LOCATED AT LEK YUEN, IS NEARING COMPLETION.

THE CLINIC WILL BE OPERATIONAL LATER THIS YEAR.

IT WILL HAVE AN AREA OF 2 300 SQUARE METRES AND WILL HAVE A GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, A FAMILY HEALTH CENTRE, A HEALTH EDUCATION CENTRE AND A PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY.

MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE MAJOR SHA TIN HOSPITAL AND POLYCLINIC, WHICH WILL ALSO SERVE AS A TEACHING HOSPITAL FOR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, HAS BEGUN AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1982.

THE 1 430-BED REGIONAL HOSPITAL WILL PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF SPECIALTY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS IN THE NEW TOWN AND IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IN TUEN MUN, WORK WILL START SOON ON STAGE ONE OF THE YAN OI TONG POLYCLINIC IN CASTLE PEAK ROAD. IT WILL TAKE ABOUT ONE YEAR TO COMPLETE.

STAGE TWO CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN NEXT YEAR AND WILL

BE COMPLETED IN 1984. THE POLYCLINIC WILL PROVIDE OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT IN VARIOUS SPECIALTIES AND RENAL DIALYSIS FACILITIES, TO COMPLEMENT THE 1 350-BED TUEN MUN HOSPITAL, SCHEDULED

FOR COMPLETION BY 1985.

IN KWAI CHUNG, CONSTRUCTION OF THE MRS WU YORK YU HEALTH CENTRE, SITUATED IN LEI MUK SHUE ESTATE, IS WELL UNDERWAY.

THE CENTRE WILL BE HOUSED IN A THREE-STOREY BUILDING INCORPORATING A LARGE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT AND FAMILY HEALTH AND MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES.

IT WILL OPEN EARLY NEXT YEAR, PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED CLINIC FACILITIES TO RESIDENTS IN KWAI CHUNG WHICH OVER THE YEARS HAS EXPERIENCED A RAPID INCREASE IN POPULATION AS A RESULT OF THE EXTENSIVE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME,