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REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH & WELFARE TO A QUESTION\BY DR. THE HON. HENRIETTA IR IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 1988

3. DR. IP asked:

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Question Since Grantham Hospital is the only cardiac

referral centre for all emergency cardiac

catheterization and emergency heart operations in Hong Kong, will Government inform this Council :

(a) whether the hospital is equipped with adequate

and advanced specialist cardiac equipment to meet its needs; and

(b) whether other cardiac equipment now being used

in government and private hospitals is available there?

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:

Sir,

It is the professional opinion of the Director of and

Medical & Health Services that the Grantham Hospital is

sufficiently well equipped at present to fulfil efficiently its

function as an emergency cardiac referral centre.

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I am assured that There

There are no special items of cardiac equipment in

the Government hospitals which are not available in Grantham

ᄉ Hospital. The Medical and Health Department does not keep

detailed records of the equipment available in private

hospitals. In any case, the decision to acquire a particular

piece of equipment must be a matter of professional judgement

in relation to the specific services provided by the hospital

in question and straightforward comparison may not be

appropriate.