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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1989

MHD RECEIVES 132 MALPRACTICE COMPLAINTS

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BETWEEN

THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECEIVED 132 COMPLAINTS OF

SERVICES MALPRACTICE IN GOVERNMENT MEDICAL

AND 1988, 1986 WHEREAS 319 COMPLAINTS OF MALPRACTICE AND OTHER FORMS OF PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT WERE LODGED WITH THE MEDICAL COUNCIL DURING THE SAME PERIOD.

JAMES

THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON CHAU TAK-HAY, SAID THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON TIEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

OF

RESULT OF MR CHAU SAID PERSONS AGGRIEVED BY OR SUFFERING AS A MALPRACTICE BY GOVERNMENT DOCTORS COULD COMPLAIN TO THE DEPARTMENT HEALTH OR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOSPITAL SERVICES OR TO THE MANAGEMENT

OF AUTHORITIES OF SUBVENTED HOSPITALS IN RESPECT

SUBVENTED HOSPITAL

DOCTORS.

COMPLAINTS ABOUT MALPRACTICE BY ANY REGISTERED PRACTITIONER COULD BE MADE TO THE MEDICAL COUNCIL, HE ADDED.

MEDICAL

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"AN AGGRIEVED PERSON MAY TAKE CIVIL ACTION TO SEEK PECUNIARY

GIVE GROUNDS FOR COMPENSATION FROM A DOCTOR IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEGAL SUIT,' MR CHAU SAID.

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"LEGAL AID IS AVAILABLE TO PATIENTS WHO SATISFY THE MEANS AND THE MERIT TEST, HE SAID.

TEST

IN ORDER TO PASS THE MEANS TEST, MR CHAU SAID, AN APPLICANT FOR LEGAL AID HAD TO SHOW THAT HIS DISPOSABLE INCOME DID NOT EXCEED $2,200 A MONTH AND THAT HIS DISPOSABLE CAPITAL DID NOT EXCEED $15,000.

"AT THE SAME TIME, THE APPLICANT HAS ΤΟ SHOW THAT HE HAS ALLEGING PROFESSIONAL

REASONABLE GROUNDS FOR INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS

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NEGLIGENCE BY A SPECIFIC DOCTOR, HE SAID.

SCHOOLS REQUIRED TO ADOPT FIRE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES

BEEN

THE THE

FIRE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES HAVE ΤΟ BE

ADOPTED IN SCHOOLS ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE

KEEPING A GOOD FIRE SAFETY RECORD, SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, SAID IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

BRIDGE

BY

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHEUNG CHI-KONG, MR

IN SAID THE GOOD FIRE SAFETY RECORD

SCHOOLS HAD BEEN ACHEIVED ENSURING A MINIMUN OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS IN THE BUILDING STRUCTURE, SUFFICIENT MEANS OF ESCAPE AND ADEQUATE VENTILATION ON ALL FLOORS.

"ON THE