336
Appendix 26 (Chapter 9: Health)
Hospital Beds
Category of hospitals
1984
Government hospitals*
11 352
Government maternity homes/clinics
407
As at end of year
1985
11 883
405
1986
11 880
405
Government-assisted hospitals
9 578
9 622
9 601
Private hospitals
2 675
2 666
2 599
Private maternity homes
Private nursing/maternity homes
57
24 073
24 638
62
65
24 550
Total
Note: * Including correctional institutions and drug addiction treatment centres.
Appendix 27
(Chapter 9: Health)
Professional Medical Personnel
11
As at end of year
In Government service
1984
1985
1986
1984
Total registered
1985
1986
Medical Doctors
1.393†
1 424+
1 491+
4 609*
4 887*
5 147*
Interns on provisional register
135
146
192
149
146
192
Externs on provisional register
179
158
149
180
158
149
Dental Dentists
117
135
147
949*
1 069*
1 158*
Dental hygienists
3
3
3
58
64
67
Nursing Registered nurses (general)
4780
5 245
5.796
13 259
14 178
15 229
J
Registered nurses
Registered nurses (mental)
(mental subnormal)
Registered nurses (sick children)
Enrolled nurses (general)
472
562
687
663
749
896
6
6
6
1
I
1
1 138
1 196
1 327
4 486
4 926
5 422
290
336
380
346
393
447
Enrolled nurses (mental)
Midwives-Midwives (without
nursing qualification)
279
269
254
981
981
981
Pharmacy and Poisons-Pharmacists
51
55
59
501
549
588
Note: Annual re-registration is required only for doctors, dentists and pharmacists.
† Including unregistrable medical officers.
* Including the professional medical personnel on both the local and overseas lists.