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AFTER BALANCING ALL FACTORS, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED NO CHANGE IN THE PRIORITY AND THE SHAU KEI WAN HOSPITAL IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF THE DECADE. THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS, HOWEVER, TAKEN STEPS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FACILITIES AT CHAI WAN AS AN INTERIM MEASURE.

THE YEAR 1982 WITNESSED THE ROYAL+ OPENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL IN SHA TIN IN NOVEMBER BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT.

THE $775-MILLION PROJECT, MARKING ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE DECADE, WILL SERVE AS A REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR EAST NEW TERRITORIES AS WELL AS THE TEACHING HOSPITAL FOR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

THE 1 448-BED HOSPITAL WILL BEGIN OPERATION IN PHASES FROM THE LATTER PART OF THIS YEAR AND IS THE FIRST FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL IN HONG KONG.

ANOTHER MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT IN 1982 WAS THE OPENING OF THE $45-MILLION CARDIO-THORACIC CENTRE AT THE GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED GRANTHAM HOSPITAL WHICH PROVIDES SPECIALIST TREATMENT FOR HEART DISEASES,

THE HOSPITAL, A MAJOR CENTRE FOR PERFORMING HEART OPERATIONS, HAS TWO OPERATING THEATRES, A CARDIAC CATHETERISATION LABORATORY WITH BOTH ADULT AND PAEDIATRIC INVESTIGATION FACILITIES AS WELL AS OTHER SOPHISTICATED FACILITIES.

THE YEAR ALSO SAW THE FULFILMENT OF A DREAM+ WHEN ONE OF THE MOST MODERN MACHINES IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, THE COMPUTERISED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY (CAT) SCANNER, WAS INSTALLED AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL IN EARLY DECEMBER.

THE $6-MILLION PROJECT WILL BE A CONSIDERABLE ASSET IN THE INVESTIGATION OF CANCER AND THE DIAGNOSIS OF SEVERE HEAD INJURY

CASES.

THERE ARE PLANS TO INSTALL THREE MORE SUCH WHOLE BODY SCANNERS AT THE OTHER REGIONAL HOSPITALS QUEEN MARY, PRINCESS MARGARET AND PRINCE OF WALES - IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS.

DURING THE YEAR, FIVE NEW CLINICS WERE OPENED TO PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED OUT-PATIENT SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS.

THEY INCLUDE THE CHEUNG HONG CLINIC ON TSING YI ISLAND, THE SHUN LEE ESTATE CLINIC IN EAST KOWLOON, THE MRS WU YORK YU HEALTH CENTRE IN LEI MUK SHUE, THE YAN OF POLYCLINIC IN TUEN MUN AND THE NGAU TAU KOK CLINIC.

THERE WAS ALSO THE COMPLETION OF THE WONG TAI SIN INFIRMARY EXTENSION WHICH PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL 300 BEDS FOR CONVALESCENT PATIENTS AND AT THE SAME TIME UPGRADED OTHER ANCILLARY FACILITIES.

AT THE CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE, WORK WAS IN PROGRESS TO UPGRADE FACILITIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE CASES, WHILE 22 DENTAL TEACHING BEDS WERE PROVIDED AT THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL AS PART OF THE TRAINING OF DENTAL STUDENTS FROM THE DENTAL SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

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