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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1993

GOVERNOR UNDERLINES MAMMOTH TASKS AHEAD OF HA

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OF RESOURCES PATTEN,

SAID

TO MEET THE RISING EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES, A MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM AND AN EFFECTIVE USE WILL

NEEDED, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HỌN TODAY THURSDAY).

BE

CHRISTOPHER

MR PATTEN ALSO SAID THE REFORMS THAT THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY INTO SOME (HA) WERE INTRODUCING WOULD PREVENT HONG KONG FROM FALLING

AROUND OF THE PITFALLS ENCOUNTERED BY OTHER HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS RIGHT THE WORLD.

THESE SYSTEMS ARE NOW WISHING THAT THEY HAD ACTED HALT INEFFICIENCY AND TO HALT GROWING WASTE, HE ADDED.

SPEAKING

THE GOVERNOR WAS HOSPITAL AUTHORITY CONVENTION 1993.

AT THE

OPENING

EARLIER TO

CEREMONY

OF

THE

"PROPER FORWARD

IS PLANNING

AN MANAGEMENT OF OUR HOSPITAL SERVICES AND I AM DELIGHTED, THEREFORE, SEE THE WORK THAT THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY HAS DONE IN THIS SAID.

ESSENTIAL

PART

OF

PROPER

то

AREA, HE

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MR PATTEN SAID THE HA'S COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE DEMAND THE SUPPLY OF HOSPITAL BEDS FOR THE DECADE UP TO THE YEAR 2000

THE COMMUNITY'S ENSURE

HOSPITAL SERVICES COULD MEET THAT NEEDS.

AND

WOULD

CHANGING

ALSO, THE HA HAD TAKEN ON A MAMMOTH TASK TO PAVE THE WAY FOR RADICAL EVOLUTION IN THE CULTURE OF HONG KONG'S HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT.

A

"OF COURSE IT WILL TAKE TIME, AND OF COURSE IT WILL TAKE A GOOD TO MAKE DEAL OF PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING FROM EVERYONE CONCERNED,

** HE SAID. SURE THAT IT ALL BEDS DOWN SATISFACTORILY,

THE

GOAL

PATIENTS.

UNDERLINING THE

SERVICES, HE

SAID,

IS

TO

TREAT

"WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IS PUTTING THE ALL PATIENT FIRST. THAT'S THE MOTIVATION, I'M SURE, OF ALL OF YOU, OF

HEALTH CARE THE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN OUR FIRST CLASS PROFESSION, THAT'S YOUR MOTIVATION IN THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.

THE

HE ALSO ASSURED THE COMMUNITY THAT HE AND BEHIND THE FORMIDABLE TASKS THAT LIE AHEAD OF THE HA.

GOVERNMENT

ARE

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