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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1989

TUEN MUN HOSPITAL FIRST STAGE OPENS IN DECEMBER

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HOSPITAL WILL OPEN IN DECEMBER THE FIRST STAGE OF TUEN MUN THIS YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON CHAU TAK-HAY, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HOSPITAL WAS CARRIED OUT IN

NEAR

FIVE

OF THE 1,600-BED HE SAID THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION AND THAT ITS COMMISSIONING WOULD BE STAGES OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.

SAID

THAT

STAFF

HAD BEEN

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO THE HON LAU WONG-FAT, MR CHAU HE DID NOT EXPECT THE OPENING OF STAGE I WOULD BE DELAYED SINCE

STAGE THAT UNDER THE POSTS IN THE HOSPITAL TO FILL IDENTIFIED.

"SOME ARE NOW RECEIVING

IN TRAINING

OTHER PUBLIC HOSPITALS

41 HE SAID.

WITH A VIEW TO FILLING POSTS IN TUEN MUN HOSPITAL,

"OTHER POSTS WILL BE FILLED BY PROMOTION OR INTERNAL TRANSFER,'

PI

HE ADDED.

MR CHAU SAID THE HOSPITAL WOULD REQUIRE 260 DOCTORS

NURSES FOR THE NURSES, INCLUDING 103 DOCTORS AND 484 STAGE I.

AND 1,711 OPERATION

OF

A

TOTAL OF

374

HOSPITAL

BEDS AND DAY-TIME

ACCIDENT

AND

EMERGENCY SERVICES WOULD BE PROVIDED IN THIS STAGE, HE ADDED.

AS TO THE PROBLEM OF MEDICAL AND

ON

MR

NURSING STAFF SHORTAGE,

AND SERVICE SALARIES CIVIL CHAU SAID: "THE STANDING COMMISSION

STRUCTURE OF CONDITIONS OF SERVICE IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE SALARY

DOCTORS AND NURSES GRADES IN THE NON-DISCIPLINED CIVIL SERVICE, AND ARE AMONG THE GRADES THAT WILL BE GIVEN PRIORITY UNDER THIS REVIEW.

REVIEW, THIS

TOGETHER WITH SHOULD HELP TO BRING PERSONNEL FOR PUBLIC STAGES OF TUEN

MUN

"ANY IMPROVEMENTS EMANATING FROM OTHER MEASURES THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING,

NURSING ABOUT A BETTER SUPPLY OF MEDICAL

SUBSEQUENT MEDICAL

AND

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INCLUDING THE SERVICES, HOSPITAL, HE ADDED,

AMBULANCE SERVICES REVIEW CONCLUDED

*

ITS

NON-EMERGENCY

USE,

BARNES

INFORMED

THE

THE AMBULANCE SERVICES REVIEW STEERING GROUP HAD CONCLUDED DELIBERATIONS ON THE FEASIBILITY OF CHARGING FOR THE SECRETARY FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SECURITY,

THE HON

GEOFFREY

MR

HON CHUNG PUI-LAM, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE

WOULD SOON SUBMIT BARNES

THAT THE SAID

ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE MATTER TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

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