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Information on public hospitals

Following is a question by Dr the Hon Huang Chen-ya and a written reply by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Does the Government have the following data in respect of each public hospital in the past year:

the respective numbers of in-patients and out-patients who received the following examinations:

(a)

(1)

gastrocopy;

(ii)

colonoscopy;

(b)

(c)

(d)

(iii) C.T. brain scan;

(iv)

(v)

C.T. abdomen scan;

mammogram;

(vi) breast ultrasound;

(vii) isotope bone scan;

(viii) liver and gall-bladder ultrasound;

(ix) IVP; and

(x)

bronchoscopy;

the average and longest periods of time which in-patients and out- patients had to wait respectively for each of the above examinations;

whether there were any cases in which the patients were hospitalised unnecessarily due to the prolonged waiting time for the above examinations; if so, of the average number of days for such hospitalisation; and

of the plans in place to reduce the waiting time for the above examinations?