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Queen Mary Hospital. A qualified tutor carries out training in mental nursing at the Castle Peak Hospital.
In addition to the Government hospitals, where training is done in English, there are approved nursing training schools at the Tung Wah Hospitals, the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital and the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, in all of which teaching is in Cantonese. The Nurses' school at the new Kwong Wah Hospital was opened in January.`
There is full reciprocity of registration between the Nursing Board in Hong Kong and the General Nursing Council of England and Wales, and qualified nursing staff go overseas every year to seek wider experience in this profession.
Midwives. The great majority of female nurses takes a midwifery course of one year at the end of the general training and this qualifies them to enter the examinations held by the Hong Kong Midwives Board. The course is conducted in English at Govern- ment hospitals and in Cantonese at the other approved schools. For student midwives who are not registered nurses a two-year course of training in Cantonese at the Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital is accepted by the Midwives Board for entry to the examinations.
Because domiciliary midwifery is practised to such a limited extent in Hong Kong, satisfactory training cannot be given in it, and reciprocity of registration with the Central Midwives Board of England and Wales is not yet possible for this reason.
Health Visitors and Health Inspectors. The Examination Board in Hong Kong of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health conducts examinations for the Health Visitor's Certificate, the Public Health Inspector's Certificate and the Tropical Hygiene Certificate of the Society. A course is conducted by the Medical and Health Department for the Health Visitor's Certificate, and the Urban Services Department trains for the Public Health Inspector's Certificate and the Tropical Hygiene Certificate. Examinations for the Meat and Other Foods and the Advanced Sanitation Certificates of the Society are not held in Hong Kong and candidates for these additional qualifications normally undergo training in the United Kingdom.