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SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1982

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NEW CLINIC FOR NGAU TAU KOK

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A NEW CLINIC CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN THE DENSELY POPULATED NGAU TAU KOK AREA WILL BEGIN RENDERING SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC NEXT THURSDAY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID THE OPENING OF THE CLINIC IS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PLAN TO IMPROVE MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR THE POPULATION IN THE FAST DEVELOPING EAST KOWLOON REGION.

THE NGAU TAU KOK JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC HAS BEEN BUILT WITH FUNDS FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WHICH CONTRIBUTED ABOUT 70 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST.

THE $11.5 MILLION CLINIC AT TING ON STREET IS A FIVE-STOREY BUILDING WITH AN UNDERGROUND BASEMENT.

IN ADDITION TO A GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT ON THE GROUND FLOOR, IT ALSO ACCOMMODATES A FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE, A MATERNITY WARD, A GERIATRIC DAY HOSPITAL AND PSYCHIATRIC DAY CENTRE ON THE FLOORS ABOVE.

IT IS A NEW STANDARD TYPE URBAN CLINIC WITH SIX CONSULTATION ROOMS AND TWO TREATMENT ROOMS FOR THE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT.

THE CLINIC WILL BE OPENED IN PHASES, BEGINNING WITH THE OUT- PATIENT SERVICE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE MATERNITY WARD WITH 24 BEDS IN EARLY MARCH.

THE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE ON THE FIRST FLOOR WILL BE OPEN LATER PROVIDING AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL HEALTH CARE, A COMPREHENSIVE OBSERVATION SCHEME FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILY PLANNING

THE TWO TOP FLOORS, WHICH WILL BE OCCUPIED BY THE GERIATRIC DAY HOSPITAL AND PSYCHIATRIC DAY CENTRE EACH WITH A CAPACITY OF 40 SPACES, WILL BE PUT IN USE IN THE LATTER PART OF THE YEAR.

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