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Hong Kong hospitals get USD150m booster

 17-Jul-15, The Standard 

The government will pump HK$1.17 billion into the Hospital Authority in the next three years to implement proposals aimed at shortening waiting times and improving funding allocation to three hospital clusters.

Hong Kong hospitals get USD150m booster (c) The Standard

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This comes after a report of the Steering Committee on Review of Hospital Authority, chaired by Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man, made 10 recommendations to help the authority - which received HK$49.87 billion this fiscal year - use resources better.

Of the HK$1.17 billion in the one- off funding, some HK$570 million will go into tackling the manpower shortage by re-employing retired doctors for two years, with HK$300 million earmarked for the training of doctors.

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