Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday he expects the government’s Ka Ho Rehabilitation Hospital in Coloane – the construction of which has recently been completed – to come into operation by the end of this year or early next year.
The hospital’s service will include rehabilitation and physiotherapy, as well as palliative treatment for people with life-limiting illnesses.
Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters after inspecting the new hospital in Ka Ho yesterday.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng (left) is briefed by Lo Iek Long (second from right), a senior doctor of the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre and also an advisor to Tam’s office, about the facilities and future operation of the government’s recently-completed Ka Ho Rehabilitation Hospital in Coloane, as Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion (second from left) and SSM Deputy Director Kuok Cheong U look on, in a room at the hospital. Photo: GCS
