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THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1981

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MORE HOSPITAL BEDS FOR WONG TAI SIN INFIRMARY

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WONG TAI SIN INFIRMARY'S BED CAPACITY IS BEING EXPANDED BY 50 PER CENT TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR THE SERVICE.

THE EXTENSION PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE MUCH NEEDED BACK-UP SERVICE TO KWONG WAH HOSPITAL AND OTHER GOVERNMENT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS WHICH ARE ALSO BEING EXPANDED.

THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND WAS OPENED TODAY BY DR K.L. THONG, WHO ALSO AT THE SAME TIME PERFORMED THE EARTH BREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE SECOND PHASE.

THE INFIRMARY, ONE OF THE INSTITUTIONS RUN BY THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS. HAS BEEN SERVING THE LOCAL PEOPLE FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS SINCE THE MID-60S.

+ IT PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION FOR CONVALESCENT PATIENTS AND THOSE SUFFERING FROM LONG-TERM DISEASES AT A VERY LOW COST,+ SAID DR THONG.

PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 106 BEDS, AND WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE SECOND PHASE, THE EXISTING 681 BEDS WILL BE INCREASED BY 300.

THE DIRECTOR DESCRIBED THE EXPANSION AS +TIMELY+ BECAUSE WITH THE GRADUAL INCREASE IN POPULATION, THERE IS A GROWING NEED OF SERVICES OF THIS NATURE.·

HE COMMENDED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS FOR THE IR FAR-SIGHTEDNESS IN INITIATING THE PROJECT WHICH HAD THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

DR THONG ALSO PRAISED THE DIRECTORS FOR THE IR VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION OVER THE YEARS TOWARDS THE PROMOTION OF MEDICAL WELFARE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

+WE HAVE ALL WITNESSED THE EXCELLENT RECORDS OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE VARIOUS MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS OPERATED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

+THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE IR CONSTANT CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY BY THEIR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE EXISTING FACILITIES. THE PRESENT ACHIEVEMENT IS BUT ONE OF THE NUMEROUS EXAMPLES OF THE GOOD WORKS THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, HE SAID.

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