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
Note:
APPENDICES
1989
As at end of year
1990
12 693
315
9 440
1991† 12 452
173
9 766
2 842
12 352
363
9 537
2 763
44
44
25 059
25 282
25 277
2.790
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* Including correctional institutions and drug addiction treatment centres. + Provisional figures.
APPENDIX 31
(Chapter 11: Health)
Professional Medical Personnel
As at end of year
Under Hospital Authority§
In Government service
1989
1990 1991 #
1991
1989
Total registered
1990
1991
Medical - Doctors
1700@ 1864@_456@
2218@
6025 6260 6545
Interns on provisional register Externs on provisional register
240
234
234
242
233
232
58
54
63
58
54
63
Dental - Dentists
163
173
181
5
1431
1532
1526‡
Dental hygienists
6
3
83
89
98
Nursing - Registered nurses (general)
7 981
7 879
828
10 744
18 058
19 121
20 072
Registered nurses (psychiatric)
1 029
1 052
1 033
1 162
1 242
1 315
Registered nurses
(mental subnormal)
10
11
13
Registered nurses (sick children)
Enrolled nurses (general)
Enrolled nurses (psychiatric)
1 597
1 616
329
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3
3
4
3 064
6 406
6 724
7 047
545
589
640
520
578
611
Midwives - Midwives (without
nursing qualification)
222
211
107
141
981
981
981
Pharmacy and Poisons - Pharmacists
62
80
28
82
678
694
720
Note: Annual re-registration is required only for doctors, dentists and pharmacists.
# 1991 figures were those working in the Department of Health.
§ The management responsibility of all public hospitals was taken over by Hospital Authority on December 1, 1991. @Including unregistrable medical officers.
Including the professional medical personnel on both the local and overseas lists.
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