New Projects
343. At Tsuen Wan in the New Territories, local residents are engaged in fund-raising to build a 100 bed hospital to be known as the Yan Chai Hospital. It is proposed to incorporate by statute a Board of Directors with provision for an Executive Committee after the pattern for the Pok Of Hospital. There is provision in the plans for extensions up to 300 beds in the future.
344. The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation is building a Re- habilitation Centre in Kwun Tong designed as a pilot scheme for the quick return to full employment of those who have been injured in industrial occupations. There will be three stages of development, the first to accommodate 80 patients and with facilities for physiotherapy and occupational workshops. This stage will be completed in September. 1962. During the second and third stages accommodation will be doubled and further workshops added, the aim being to establish eventually a sheltered workshop in the third and final stage.
OUTPATIENT SERVICES
345. The demands made on the outpatient clinics maintained by Government continue to be very heavy and this pressure has been no less severe on clinics maintained by Government-assisted institutions or by the various missionary and charitable organizations.
346. In contrast with the previous year there was only a moderate expansion of the Government clinic facilities in 1961-62. One clinic was opened at the Wong Tai Sin Resettlement Estate and contains 2 con- sulting rooms, a dispensary and treatment rooms. The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club Clínic donated to the people of Shek Wu Hui and opened in 1961 provides 25 maternity beds. 4 casualty beds, a general clinic and health office. There were also extensions to the Violet Peel Polyclinic and Farm Road Dental Clinic.
347. By the 31st March, 1962, work had started on the Anne Black Clinic in North Point and the Airport Health Station; the working drawings for the Jockey Club Clinic in Shau Kei Wan and the Jockey Club Surgical Appliance Centre in Kowloon are well on the way.
348. In addition to general outpatient clinics, regular specialist outpatient sessions were maintained at a number of clinics by staff from the tuberculosis, social hygiene, medical, surgical, ophthalmic, maternal and child health and ear, nose and throat services.
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349. Evening outpatient sessions continue to be held at seven of the larger clinics in the more densely populated areas and last from 6 p.m. until midnight. On Sundays and public holidays, clinic sessions are held at four centres in the urban area, two on each side of the harbour; these sessions cater for patients in need of emergency attention during week-ends and public holidays,
350. In the New Territories there are 16 outpatient centres, in eight of which one or more doctors are stationed permanently. The more remote areas of the New Territories are served by two mobile dispen- saries and two 'floating clinics'; the latter are launches, donated by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, which provide curative and immuniza- tions facilities to isolated centres on the eastern and western coasts and on adjacent islands. Since March 1961 these facilities have been extended by means of a helicopter service to remote villages which are inaccessible by road. A belicopter ambulance service is also available for the con- veyance of cases, in need of emergency treatment, from remolc areas in the New Territories and adjacent islands, to Kowloon Hospital.
351. The helicopter flying doctor' service operates once weekly and visits 7 Centres in rotation. The doctor is accompanied by a nurse and an inoculator. Minor ailments are treated, immunizations against diphtheria, cholera and smallpox carried out and talks are given on simple personal and village hygiene. This service has proved to be mast acceptable to the villagers and very valuable from the general epidemio- logical point of view.
352. At Appendices 12 and 13 are details of the work done during 1961 at the outpatient departments of Government and Government- assisted institutions throughout Hong Kong.
SPECIALIST SERVICES
353. There are Government Specialist Clinical Units of medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, anaesthesiology, dentistry, neuro- surgery, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, pathology. paediatrics, psychiatry, radiodiagnosis, radiotherapy, social bygiene. thoracic surgery and tuberculosis. In addition, the Professors and certain Senior Lecturers of the University Faculty of Medicine act as consultants in medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology. orthopaedics, pathology and paediatrics. Certain of the Government Specialists act as Honorary Consultants to the Tung Wah Group of
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