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Supplementary to Question No. 3

in LegCo Meeting on 18.5.88

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DR. IP : Sir, I have been approached by the cardiologist and

cardiac surgeons at the Grantham Hospital who have stated that

the staff at the Grantham Hospital are experts in the field of

cardiology and cardiac surgery in Hong Kong, but their

professional freedom has been constrained by insufficient

funding and staffing in the past 10 years. In this respect, I

would like to ask the Secretary for Health and Welfare whether

the Director of Medical and Health Services, in stating his

opinion that the Grantham Hospital is sufficiently well

equipped at present to fulfil efficiently its function as an

emergency cardiac referral centre, has consulted

professional staff at the Grantham Hospital.

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SECRETARY FOR HELATH AND WELFARE : sir, I believe that

applications from subvented hospitals are made on a regular

basis in the context of the Estimates exercise

the Estimates exercise each year, and

that these are considered by the Medical and Health Department

in the light of the representations made by the hospital

staff. And I am sure that these are fully taken into account

when deciding on the allocation of the funds available for this

purpose.