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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990

"IN THE HONG KONG OF THE 1990S, SUCH AN APPROACH WILL BE OUT OF DATE, SIR DAVID SAID.

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AUTHORITY POINTING OUT THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOSPITAL

AND MORE EFFICIENT WAS A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS ACHIEVING AN IMPROVED

THE AUTHORITY STANDARD OF PROVISION, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE BIRTH OF WAS NOT PAINLESS.

OF THE AND

"THIS WAS NO SURPRISE, GIVEN THE SIZE AND COMPLEXITY CHANGES INVOLVED. NOW THAT THE INITIAL HURDLES HAVE BEEN CLEARED WE HAVE THE NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM IN PLACE, I HOPE THAT WILL WORK TOGETHER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SCOPE

** HE SAID. WHICH THE NEW SYSTEM WILL OFFER,

BY

NEXT

YEAR,

THE AUTHORITY OF ALL PUBLIC HOSPITALS,

ALL CONCERNED FOR IMPROVEMENT

WOULD HAVE AND THE

TAKEN DISTINCTION

OVER THE BETWEEN MANAGEMENT

ALL GOVERNMENT AND SUBVENTED FACILITIES WOULD GRADUALLY DISAPPEAR.

SYSTEM WHICH WOULD PUBLIC HOSPITALS WOULD BE INTEGRATED INTO A

AND RESOURCES

THE

BOTH THE

BETTER

PERMIT ELIMINATION OF OVERCROWDING.

DEPLOYMENT

OF

"ONCE BETTER SERVICES ARE IN PLACE, WE CAN CONSIDER A STRUCTURE THAT TAKES MORE ACCOUNT OF THE IMPROVED INCOMES OF SO OF OUR FAMILIES.

FEE

MANY

THOSE WILL BE MEANS. AS A

BY SUBSIDISED

THE

"BUT WE WILL STILL HAVE A SYSTEM OF WAIVING CHARGES FOR UNABLE TO PAY. IT WILL REMAIN A KEY PRINCIPLE THAT NO ONE DENIED ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT BECAUSE OF LACK OF

REMAIN HIGHLY HOSPITAL SERVICES RESULT, TAXPAYER," SIR DAVID SAID,

NEVERTHELESS,

THE

WILL

THAT A GROWING THEIR INCREASING

GOVERNOR SAID HE BELIEVED NUMBER OF FAMILIES IN THE 1990S WOULD WISH TO USE INCOMES TO PURCHASE THE TYPE OF HEALTH CARE THEY WANTED.

THE "THEIR ABILITY TO DO SO WILL BE MADE THAT MUCH GREATER BY

IN ADDITION, WE CAN EXPECT EXPANSION OF MEDICAL INSURANCE SCHEMES,

NEW BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS TO FIND WAYS TO CATER FOR THIS TYPE OF DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE," HE SAID.

ONE PROPOSAL NOW

BEING

WAS CONSIDERED

THE SIR

SAID DAVID

THESE WOULD INTRODUCTION OF "B-CLASS" WARDS INTO PUBLIC HOSPITALS.

FOR PROVIDE MORE SPACE AND PRIVACY FOR THOSE WHO WERE PREPARED TO PAY A LEVEL OF SERVICE ABOVE THAT OF THE ORDINARY PUBLIC WARDS.

THIS WAS ALL PART OF GIVING PEOPLE A WIDER RANGE FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE.

OF SERVICES

HOSPITAL REFORM: THE

THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AUTHORITY, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD TO THE SECOND STAGE OF BETTER PROVISION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE.

/"THE AIM

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