Thomas Chan emphasizes need to review hospital expansion and reconstruction plans as future population numbers and structures change

The Hospital Authority is preparing the second ten-year hospital development plan. Today (Dec. 10). Mr. Thomas Chan, the Permanent Secretary for Health, stated in a radio program that the Hospital Authority is studying how to distribute medical service facilities based on future population numbers and structures. One of the considerations is that the Hong Kong Island network will no longer be divided into East and West.

Chan noted that the urban population is expected to decrease while the population in the New Territories will increase. Therefore, there is a need to review hospital expansion and reconstruction plans to ensure that resource allocation is more efficient.

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