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WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1993

TWO CASES ARE STILL UNDER ENQUIRY,

IN THE THIRD CASE, THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER WAS REMOVED FROM THE MEDICAL REGISTER FOR THREE MONTHS, SUSPENDED FOR ONE YEAR.

AS FOR THE FOURTH CASE, THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER WAS REMOVED FROM THE MEDICAL REGISTER FOR SIX MONTHS ON ACCOUNT OF OTHER OFFENCES, AND HE HAS NOT APPLIED FOR RE-REGISTRATION, MR ASPREY SAID.

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MORE MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR NEW TERRITORIES

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THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID RESOURCES HAD BEEN ALLOCATED FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES IN THE NEW

TERRITORIES.

CITING STATISTICS, SHE SAID 1,485 HOSPITAL BEDS, THREE SPECIALIST CLINICS AND SIX GENERAL CLINICS WERE COMMISSIONED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS,

THESE COMPARED WITH A NET DECREASE OF 260 HOSPITAL BEDS AND THE ADDITION OF ONE GENERAL CLINIC IN THE URBAN AREA DURING THE SAME PERIOD.

"FURTHERMORE, AROUND 2,500 HOSPITAL BEDS, THREE SPECIALIST CLINICS AND SIX GENERAL CLINICS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE COMING ON STREAM BETWEEN 1993/94 AND 1997/98," SAID MRS WONG IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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MRS WONG SAID THE PROVISION OF NEW HOSPITALS AND CLINICS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT VARIOUS INTER-RELATED FACTORS SUCH AS POPULATION GROWTH, COMMUNITY DEMANDS, DISTRIBUTION OF EXISTING MEDICAL FACILITIES AND INTERFACE WITH OTHER PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE.

THE

RECURRENT CONSEQUENCES OF CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE ALSO TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE ANNUAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION EXERCISE TO ENSURE ADEQUATE PROVISION OF RESOURCES WILL BE GIVEN ΤΟ THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

THE SECRETARY TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY WAS COMPILING A CORPORATE PLAN SETTING OUT ITS STRATEGIC TARGETS, THE PLAN то ACHIEVE THESE TARGETS, AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS AS WELL AS A PROJECTION OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

"THE CORPORATE PLAN WILL COVER A PERIOD OF AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AND WILL BE ROLLED FORWARD EVERY YEAR.

"THIS PLAN IS UNDER PREPARATION AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE END OF 1993," SHE SAID.

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