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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1945
MR BREMRIDGE SAID THAT THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS SET OUT IN THE 1974 WHITE PAPER, THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG, IS MONITORED ANNUALLY BY THE MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (MDAC).
THE PROCESS OF REGIONALISATION HAS BEEN CONTINUED BY THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL STAFF TO STRENGTHEN THE REGIONAL OFFICES FOR HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR BREMRIDGE SAID.
+ IN 1983 THE EXISTING NEW TERRITORIES REGION WILL BE SPLIT INTO TWO REGIONS WITH THE EXISTING NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL OFFICE SERVING EAST NEW TERRITORIES AND A NEW REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WEST NEW TERRITORIES, HE ADDED.
+TO DEVELOP FURTHER THE INTEGRATION OF GOVERNMENT AND SUBVENTED MEDICAL SERVICES BY ENABLING SUBVENTED HOSPITALS TO ASSUME A GREATER ROLE IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE HOSPITAL CASES, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ARE UNDER WAY IN THE CARITAS, POK CI AND YAN CHAI HOSPITALS AND THE RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM FOR WHICH CAPITAL SUBVENTIONS OF $54 MILLION IN 1983-84 HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.+
THE WHITE PAPER ALSO PROPOSED THAT EACH REGION BE SERVED WITH THE APPROPRIATE GENERAL AND SPECIALIST FACILITIES.
TO THIS END, MR BREMRIDGE SAID THAT IN ADDITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENERAL AND SPECIALIST HOSPITALS, 16 NEW CLINICS AND POLYCLINICS ARE PRESENTLY INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME.
HE ALSO SAID THAT WORK ON THE KOWLOON EAST POLYCLINIC, TO KWA WAN CLINIC AND IMPROVEMENTS TO SAI YING PUN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC ARE DUE FOR COMPLETION IN 1983-84.
AS FOR THE RATIO OF 5.5 HOSPITAL BEDS PER 1 000 POPULATION TO BE REGARDED AS A DESIRABLE STANDARD FOR LONG TERM PLANNING AS PROPOSED IN THE WHITE PAPER, MR BREMRIDGE SAID THIS FORMULA IS CONSTANTLY BEING REFINED BY THE MDAC IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF BEDS REQUIRED.
HE POINTED OUT THAT BY THE END OF 1982-83, THERE WILL BE SOME 22 100 BEDS IN GOVERNMENT, SUBVENTED AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS.
HE SAID, THE DRAFT ESTIMATES PROVIDED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOME 1 500 ADDITIONAL BEDS WHICH, TOGETHER WITH THE EXISTING SUPPLY, WILL MEET APPROXIMATELY 80 PER CENT OF THE ESTIMATED REQUIREMENT.
+ IN ADDITION TO $150 MILLION FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL WITH ITS RELATED POLYCLINIC AND STAFF QUARTERS, A FURTHER $40 MILLION WILL BE SPENT IN 1983-84 FOR A NEW HOSPITAL PROJECT IN TUEN MUN.+
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AS FOR SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE, TWO SCHOOL DENTAL CLINICS ARE CURRENTLY IN OPERATION AT THE MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE AND AT ARGYLE STEET PROVIDING TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN IN PRIMARY ONE TO THREE, AND SIX OTHER CLINICS ARE PLANNED TO EXTEND THE SERVICES PROGRESSIVELY TO COVER ALL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, MR BREMRIDGE
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