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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1988

RUTTONJEE HOSPITAL MARKS IMPORTANT STEP AHEAD: GOVERNOR

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HOSPITAL PROJECT

MARKS ANOTHER

THE NEW RUTTONJEE STEP IN THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG, THE SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

IMPORTANT ' GOVERNOR,

THE REDEVELOPMENT, ESTIMATED TO COST SOME $280 MILLION, WAS ONE HOSPITAL PROJECTS CURRENTLY BEING SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE

OF 10 MAJOR GOVERNMENT SUBVENTED CARRIED OUT, SIR DAVID SAID WHEN

LAYING CEREMONY AT THE RUTTONJEE HOSPITAL.

AND OTHER SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT UPON COMPLETION OF THESE

OF HOSPITAL BEDS IN PROJECTS IN THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR, THE NUMBER

OF SOME 60 PER PUBLIC HOSPITALS WOULD BE GIVEN A MUCH NEEDED BOOST CENT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

BACKGROUND, THE GOVERNOR SITE IN 1949 WHICH AT

REFERRING TO THE HOSPITAL PROJECT'S NOTED THAT THE RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM ESTABLISHED ON THE CATERED PRIMARILY FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM TUBERCULOSIS, THE TIME WAS A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH, AND OTHER CHEST DISEASES.

EFFORTS OF THE

AND TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST

BEEN EFFECTIVELY CONTAINED,

GOVERNMENT

HEART

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"SINCE THEN, THROUGH THE COMBINED

THE

KONG HONG MEDICAL SERVICE AND DISEASES ASSOCIATION, THIS SCOURGE HAS SIR DAVID SAID.

THE

CONTINUES DISEASE

1949

TO

DROP;

"THE INCIDENCE OF MORTALITY RATE CONNECTED WITH TUBERCULOSIS HAS FALLEN FROM 140

TO ONLY SEVEN LAST POPULATION IN 100,000 ACHIEVEMENT IN WHICH HONG KONG CAN RIGHTLY TAKE PRIDE,

PER

OF

AND

THE DEATHS

11

YEAR, HE SAID.

AN

THE DECISION WAS

A GENERAL

TAKEN TO RIGHTLY

HOSPITAL WITH A

"AS A RESULT

THIS, REDEVELOP THE RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM INTO VASTLY EXPANDED SCOPE OF SERVICE.

"THIS SHOWS AN DEMANDS OF THE TERRITORY.

ADMIRABLE READINESS

MEKT TO

THE CHANGING

WHEN COMPLETED NEXT YEAR, HAVE OVER 600 BEDS, HE SAID.

THE NEW RUTTONJEE HOSPITAL

WOULD

OF GENERAL HOSPITAL SERVICES, "IT WILL PROVIDE A FULL RANGE

OUT-PATIENT INCLUDING MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS, AN DEPARTMENT,

AND X-RAY

ELECTRO-MEDICAL PHYSIOTHERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES.

UNITS, DIAGNOSTIC

HOSPITAL CARE WOULD ALSO BE OFFERED TO GERIATRIC,

TRAINING CHEST PATIENTS. THE HOSPITAL WOULD HAVE ITS OWN NURSES.

AND

AND TB AND

SCHOOL

FOR

/SIR DAVID