300
Appendix 26 (Chapter 7: Health)
Hospital Beds
Category of hospitals
Government hospitals
Government dispensaries
Government-assisted hospitals
Private hospitals
Private maternity homes
Private nursing/maternity homes
Total
Appendix 27 (Chapter 7: Health)
Professional Medical Personnel
1980
9 297
387
As at end of year 1981
9 892
1982
10 300
389
443
8 585
8755
9 222
2 479
2 466
2 645
36
28
24
22
56
56
20 806
21 586
22 690
As at end of year
In Government service
Total registered
1980
1981
1982
1980
1981
1982
Medical Doctors
1 040+
1 101†
1 234+
3 632*
3. 896*
4 137*
Interns on provisional register
130
128
140
204
201
229
Externs on provisional register
117
133
141
117
133
141
Dental-Dentists
104
119
115
763*
863*
878*
Dental hygienists
8
5
3
33
39
50
Nursing Registered nurses (general)
3 687
3842
4 138
10 729
11 266
11 814
Registered nurses (mental)
310
337
389
397
446
509
Registered nurses
(mental subnormal)
2
2
4
Enrolled nurses (general)
697
713
947
3 354
3 585
3 826
Enrolled nurses (mental)
179
202
233
194
233
267
Midwives-Midwives (without
nursing qualification)
322
312
303
981
981
981
Pharmacy--Pharmacists
and Poisons
35
42
56
335
388
436
Note: Annual re-registration is required only for medical staff and dentists.
* Including the professional medical personnel on both the local & overseas lists. † Including unregistrable medical officers.