APPENDIX 30
(Chapter 11: Health)
Hospital Beds
Category of hospitals
Government hospitals*
Government maternity homes/clinics
Government-assisted hospitals
Private hospitals
Private nursing/maternity homes
Total
APPENDICES
1987
12 252
=
379-
9 540
2 660
As at end of year
1988
12 302
385
9 577
2 749
1989
12 352
363
9 537
2 763
65
44
44
24 896
25 057
25 059
Note: * Including correctional institutions and drug addiction treatment centres.
APPENDIX 31
(Chapter 11: Health)
Professional Medical Personnel
As at end of year
In Government service
1987
1988
1989
1987
Total registered
1988
Medical - Doctors
1 568+
1643†
1 700†
5 484*
5 785*
1989
6 025*
Interns on provisional register
223
213
240
223
214
242
Externs on provisional register
104
70
58
104
71
58
Dental - Dentists
162
165
163
1 240*
1 346*
1 431*
Dental hygienists
4
5
6
73
79
83
Nursing - Registered nurses (general)
6 229
6 332
7981
16 159
16991
18 058
Registered nurses (psychiatric)
817
859
1 029
1 046
1 124
1 162
Registered nurses
(mental subnormal)
8
10
10
Registered nurses (sick children)
2
2
3
1 414
1 412
1 597
5 764
6 123
6 406
387
412
545
464
502
520
Enrolled nurses (general)
Enrolled nurses (psychiatric)
Midwives - Midwives (without
nursing qualification)
249
236
222
981
981
981
Pharmacy and Poisons - Pharmacists
66
62
62
623
646
680
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.
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