Page 6414 - Week 19 - Tuesday, 17 December 1991

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IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT HOSPITALS WERE SPECIALISING IN CERTAIN AREAS AND NOT DUPLICATING SERVICES.

ST. VINCENTS PRIVATE, OF COURSE, IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL. IT SEEMS THIS IS AN EXCELLENT WAY FOR BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TO WORK. THEY HAD ALSO JUST BUILT A NEW MEDICAL CENTRE WHICH HOUSED MOST OF THE SPECIALISTS AND THEY FOUND THIS WAS AN ASSERT. THEY WERE ALSO ADAMANT ABOUT THE NEED FOR A HOSPICE OF SOME SIZE AVAILABLE TO BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS.

ST. VINCENTS HAS A VERY LARGE HOSPICE ACROSS THE ROAD.

THE VISIT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN THE ST.

GEORGE AREA WAS OF INTEREST AND IT WAS POINTED

OUT THAT DECREASING BEDS DOES NOT MEAN DECREASING COSTS BUT IT CAN BE USED TO CONTAIN

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