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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1984

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SHA TIN HOSPITAL OPENS EMERGENCY UNIT

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THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL IN SHA TIN WILL OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 10.

INITIALLY, THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR

12 HOURS A DAY FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM.

THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICE FORMS PART OF PHASE II OF THE HOSPITAL PROJECT, THE FIRST STAGE OF WHICH WAS OPENED AT THE END OF APRIL THIS YEAR UNDER 378 BEDS WERE PUT

IN USE.

WITH THE SECOND PHASE OPENING, THE HOSPITAL WILL HAVE SOME 800 BEDS IN SERVICE.

THE UNITS NOW IN OPERATION INCLUDE SURGICAL, PAEDIATRICS, MEDICAL, ORTHOPAEDICS, PSYCHIATRY, GYNAECOLOGY, OBSTETRICS AND INTENSIVE CARE.

THE 1 446-BED HOSPITAL IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN FOUR PHASES, THE FINAL TWO OF WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN 1985.

AIRCRAFT RESCUE EXERCISE

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AN AIRCRAFT CRASH-AND-RESCUE EXERCISE, ORGANISED BY THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT, WILL BE HELD THIS WEEK AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THE EXERCISE WILL TEST COMMUNICATIONS AND CO-ORDINATION PROCEDURES BETWEEN ALL THOSE WHO WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE EVENT OF AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT.

IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE CONTINUATION TRAINING AND FAMILIARISATION IN CRASH-AND-RESCUE TECHNIQUES.

THE DATE AND TIME OF THE EXERCISE ARE BEING WITHHELD TO TEST THE ALERTNESS OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES STAFF.

TAKING PART IN THE EXERCISE WILL BE THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, CIVIL AID SERVICES, AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES AND THE AIRLINE OPERATORS COMMITTEE.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPRESSED REGRET FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED TO THE PUBLIC BY POSSIBLE TEMPORARY DIVERSIONS OF ROAD TRAFFIC. BUT HE STRESSED THAT INCONVENIENCE WOULD BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM.