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Question No 2

REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. HO SAI-CHU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 25 JUNE 1986

Question: Will the Government inform this Council :

(a)

(b)

(c)

What is the average waiting time for patients attending Government out-patient clinics :

1.

2.

from the moment of their arrival at the clinic until they are allocated a number for treatment purposes; and

from the moment of allocation of a number for treatment purposes until such time as they are actually seen by a doctor on duty there;

Whether the average waiting time differs from clinic to clinic and from district to district; and

Whether it is possible to shorten such waiting time?

Sir,

The answers to the three parts of Mr. HO'S

question are as follows :

(a)

As the distribution of the discs for

consultations is carried out about 5-10

minutes before each clinic session starts,

patients' waiting time largely depends on

their time of arrival at the clinic. This

varies from patient to patient; some may

arrive one to two hours before the start of