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addition, Kowloon Hospital contains an acute psychiatric unit of 67 beds, a para- plegic unit of 50 beds and a thoracic surgical unit of 101 beds.
On Hong Kong Island, the government maintains another large general 1,150-bed hospital, Queen Mary Hospital. It is also the teaching hospital for the medical faculty of the University of Hong Kong. Construction work on the hospital's new mortuary continued during 1973.
Other government hospitals are maintained chiefly for specialised purposes. Siu Lam Hospital has 200 beds for the severe grade of the mentally subnormal. Apart from this and Castle Peak Hospital there are two infectious disease hospitals and a maternity hospital of 300 beds, where the teaching of medical students and training of midwives is carried out. The Tang Shiu Kin Hospital provides casualty services. Two smaller general hospitals are maintained, one on Cheung Chau Island and the other on Lantau.
Small hospitals are also established in prisons; and maternity beds for normal midwifery are provided in many government clinics and dispensaries. Fanling Hospital was taken over by the Medical and Health Department from the Lutheran World Service during 1973.
The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, a long established charitable organisation, operates three general hospitals, the Tung Wah, the Tung Wah Eastern and the Kwong Wah with a total of 2,274 beds, and a convalescent hospital of 503 beds at Sandy Bay. It also provides subsidiary beds for long-term patients at Wong Tai Sin Infirmary. These hospitals, whose recurrent expenditure is met mainly by a large subvention from the government, provide a valuable contribution to Hong Kong's medical facilities and are gradually being modernised and expanded. Alteration work at the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital was completed during the year and the hospital now admits cases referred from Tang Shiu Kin Hospital.
The Pok Oi Hospital, near Yuen Long in the New Territories, is another long- established charitable organisation operating with the assistance of a government subvention. It has been modernised and expanded.
Two government-assisted hospitals were completed during the year. The Yan Chai Hospital at Tsuen Wan has 100 beds and an outpatient department. It was opened in August 1973. Another hospital, the United Christian Hospital at Kwun Tong became partly operational in November 1973. It has 555 beds with outpatient, casualty and emergency services.
A number of other hospitals are maintained by missionary and charitable organisations such as the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Caritas Medical Centre at So Uk, Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital, the Duchess of Kent Children's Orthopaedic Hospital and Convalescent Home, and the Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital. Several receive substantial government subvention.
Specialist Services
In government hospitals there are clinical specialists in various medical fields. There are also specialised clinics for tuberculosis and social hygiene, together with