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ancillary and specialist services. The hospital also contains the Queen Elizabeth Jockey Club Institute of Radiology which in- corporates the most recent advances in radiotherapy and is un- doubtedly the most comprehensive centre in South-East Asia for 'the treatment of malignant diseases.
The renovation of Kowloon Hospital was completed during the year and it is now used mainly as a subsidiary to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for patients requiring convalescent care and rehabilitation. There are 500 beds of which 164, linked with thoracic surgery and pulmonary function units, are allocated to the care of patients suffering from tuberculosis and other diseases of the chest.
On Hong Kong Island the government maintains another large general hospital, the Queen Mary, which performs the same functions for the island as the Queen Elizabeth Hospital does for Kowloon. This hospital is also the teaching hospital for the medical faculty of the University of Hong Kong. Extensive additions and alterations to the hospital are being undertaken and are expected to be com- pleted by 1967. The extensions comprise a six-storey professorial suite, a seven-storey block containing operating theatres and specialized services, a greatly expanded radio-diagnostic department, and new accommodation for nurses and for the nurses' training school. An additional 180 beds will also be made available.
Other government hospitals are maintained chiefly for specialized purposes. Apart from the Castle Peak Hospital they include two infectious disease hospitals (one of which accommodates con- valescent patients from the two acute emergency hospitals), a maternity hospital of 200 beds where teaching of medical students and training of midwives is carried out, and a small hospital for the treatment of skin and venereal diseases in women and children. Two smaller general hospitals are maintained, one on Cheung Chau Island and the other on Lantau Island. Small hospitals are also maintained in the Colony's prisons, and maternity beds for normal midwifery are provided in many government clinics and dispensaries.
The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals is an entirely Chinese charitable organization founded 95 years ago and managed by a board of directors elected annually. It operates three general hospitals— the Tung Wah, the Tung Wah Eastern and the Kwong Wah. These