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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 195 OF 24 FEBRUARY

INFO PRIORITY PEKING.

P.Q. MR. RON LEWIS, M.P.

YOUR TELNO 136.

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THE MAJOR MEDICAL PROJECTS COMPLETED IN 1976 INCLUDE THE

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(A) THE GENERAL WING (1,340 BEDS) OF THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL AND THE CENTENARY BUILDING (424 BEDS) OF THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL (A GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED HOSPITAL) WERE COMMISSIONED. IN ADDITION, THE CASUALTY DEPARTMENT OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL WAS ENLARGED TO ENABLE IT TO DEAL MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH CASUALTY CASES:

(B) THREE SPECIALIST CLINICS/POLYCLINICS WERE COMPLETED, ONE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, ONE IN KOWLOON AND THE THIRD AT A NEW TOWN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES:

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15 ADDITIONAL DENTAL CHAIRS WERE PROVIDED:

(D) A MIDWIFERY TRAINING SCHOOL BASED IN KOWLOON WAS OPENED: AND

(E) FOR THE TREATMENT OF DRUG ADDICTS, TWO FULL-TIME AND 14 EVENING METHADONE DETOXIFICATION CENTRES WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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