le.
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times depend upon a very large number of factors, not
just the number of clinics and the number of doctors.
The distribution of people in
available.
different
areas
seems
to
vary and all these factors affect the waiting time, so
I would not be able to hazard a guess as to the
improvement, except to say that there certainly should
be an improvement.
DR. CHIU: Sir, will the Government inform this Council
whether there are arrangements to refer patients from
waiting
specialist clinics with long/li
ng/lists to those with shorter
waiting lists? If yes, how do these arrangements
work?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:
Sir, I am sure that
certainly in emergency cases this could be done. I am not
sure of the details of how it works but I will find out
from the director and let Dr. CHIU have a note. (See Annex III)
DR. LAM (in Cantonese): Sir, with a view to providing
specialist treatment to patients, has the Administration
ever considered inviting specialists in private practice
services to provide voluntary or semi-voluntary to the Government
to solve the problem?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:
Sir, so far as I am
aware this has not been done but one of the recommendations
of the Scott report on
hospital service was that there
should be arrangements for private doctors to serve in
Government and aided hospitals, and I hope that the advent
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