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The Hospital Authority today (October 16) issued the following announcement on the progress of the offer of compensation package to public hospital doctors:
On August 19, 2006, the Hospital Authority put forward an individual letter to more than 4,322 doctors currently working in public hospitals if they would accept a settlement offer with regards to the High Court ruling on their claims for work hours and rest days. Eligible doctors are given two months to consider the offer and are required to confirm their acceptance on or before the deadline of October 18, 2006.
As at 4pm today (October 16), 2,424 (56%) eligible doctors have indicated their acceptance of the offer, while 19 (0.4%) have rejected it.
Below is the list of public hospitals with acceptance rate exceeding 50%:
Hospital Authority Head Office
Caritas Medical Centre
Castle Peak Hospital
Cheshire Home (Chung Hom Kok)
Cheshire Home (Sha Tin)
Fung Yiu King Hospital
Grantham Hospital
Haven of Hope Hospital
Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital
Hong Kong Eye Hospital
Kowloon Hospital
Kwai Chung Hospital
MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre
Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Pok Oi Hospital
Princess Margaret Hospital
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Queen Mary Hospital
Ruttojee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospital
Siu Lam Hospital
St John Hospital
Tai Po Hospital
The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital
Tseung Kwan O Hospital
Tuen Mun Hospital
Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
Tung Wah Hospital
United Christian Hospital
Wong Tai Sin Hospital
Yan Chai Hospital
Ends/Monday, October 16, 2006
Issued at HKT 19:16
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