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A NEW OUT-PATIENT AND CASUALTY DEPARTMENT; AND

* A NEW FIVE-STOREY BLOCK TO PROVIDE ANOTHER 89 BEDS.

THERE WILL ALSO BE ADDITIONAL STAFF QUARTERS AND THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE HOSPITAL WILL BE WIDENED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID SOME 22 500 SQUARE METRES OF PRIVATE LAND WOULD BE RESUMED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE HOSPITAL'S EXPANSION.

HE SAID ABOUT $10 MILLION WOULD BE SPENT ON COMPENSATION, COVERING CROPS, FRUIT TREES, FENCES, WELLS AND IRRIGATION PIPES.

THERE WOULD ALSO BE EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES FOR CULTIVATORS AND EX-GRATIA DISTURBANCE ALLOWANCES FOR DISPLACED PIG-BREEDERS AND POULTRY FARMERS.

RESUMPTION OF LAND, TO BE CARRIED OUT IN STAGES, WOULD INVOLVE 157 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES BEING USED FOR DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.

AFFECTED FAMILIES WOULD RECEIVE EX-GRATIA DOMESTIC REMOVAL ALLOWANCES, WHILE CULTIVATORS WISHING TO CONTINUE FARMING ELSEWHERE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR EX-GRATIA REHABILITATION ALLOWANCES.

IF FOUND ELIGIBLE, OWNERS OF THE INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS WOULD BE OFFERED EX-GRATIA CASH ALLOWANCES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

GRANT FOR GRANTHAM HOSPITAL ***

THE GRANTHAM HOSPITAL, HONG KONG'S MAJOR HEART AND CHEST DISEASE CENTRE, HAS BEEN GRANTED SOME $300 000 FROM THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND FOR INSTALLING NEW EQUIPMENT IN ITS MEDICAL LABORATORY, PHYSIOTHERAPY UNIT, RESPIRATORY LABORATORY AND PHARMACY.

THE EQUIPMENT INCLUDE A BLOOD GAS SYSTEM FOR TESTING THE ACIDITY IN THE BLOOD, A PLASMA FREEZER FOR STORING FRESH FROZEN PLASMA, A CENTRIFUGE FOR TUBERCULOSIS CULTURE, A BLOOD MIXER AND A SLIDE STAINER FOR HEMATOLOGY AND AN INTERFERENTIAL MACHINE FOR PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT.

RUN BY THE HONG KONG TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION, THE 625-BED GRANTHAM HOSPITAL PROVIDES MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST AND HEART DISEASES.

THE GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED HOSPITAL WAS OPENED IN 1957 SOLELY FOR THE CARE OF T.B. PATIENTS WHEN THE DISEASE WAS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DEATHS IN HONG KONG.

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