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Hong Kong. Both hospitals are training schools for nurses. Other Government hospitals are maintained chiefly for specialized purposes; these include the new mental hospital of 1,000 beds, two infectious disease hospitals one of which also accommodates convalescent cases from Kowloon Hospital, a maternity hospital of 200 beds where the training of midwives and the teaching of medical students is carried out and a small hospital for the treatment of skin and venereal diseases in women and children. Two smaller general hospitals are provided, the St John Hospital of 100 beds on Cheung Chau Island and one of 17 beds opened in 1960 in connexion with the Shek Pik Water Scheme on Lantau Island. In addition, small hospitals are maintained in four of the Colony's prisons, and maternity beds for normal midwifery are provided in many of the Government clinics and dispensaries, mainly in the New Territories.
The Tung Wah Hospital Board is an entirely Chinese charitable organization. Founded ninety years ago, it operates a group of four hospitals, comprising the Tung Wah Hospital, the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital and the Sandy Bay Infirmary on Hong Kong Island, and the Kwong Wah Hospital in Kowloon. The Board of Directors also undertakes responsibility for educational and relief services to the poor and needy of Hong Kong. These hospitals, which receive a large Government subvention make a valuable contribution to the Colony's medical facilities and are gradually being modernized. The Board of Directors is at present carrying out a plan to replace in five stages the existing Kwong Wah Hospital by a modern general hospital of 1,230 beds. The third stage which provides for the reconstruction of the North West wing is nearly completed and work has begun on the fourth stage which includes the construction of medical officers' quarters and the completion of the nurses quarters.
Near Yuen Long in the New Territories a long-established Chinese charitable organization operates the Pok Oi Hospital of 118 beds with the assistance of a Government subvention.
Hospitals maintained by the Hong Kong Anti-Tuberculosis Association are the Ruttonjee Sanatorium, the Freni Memorial Convalescent Home and the Grantham Hospital. The latter is a non-profit-making institution which provides accommodation for fee-paying patients. Owing to the need for more free tuberculosis