Midwifery
176. For registered general nurses, one-year courses in midwifery continued to be conducted in the maternity wards of their respective hospitals, while for student midwives without nursing training the Government staff of the Tsan Yuk Hospital conduct a two-year course in the Chinese language.
Auxiliary Nurses
177. With the rapid expansion of the Medical and Health Depart- ment and the need to make optimum use of trained staff in the acute hospitals, recruitment of nursing auxiliaries commenced in September, 1964. Staff in this grade are given a two-year in-service course of training to fit them for the performance of the more routine nursing duties, particularly in the care of convalescent and long-stay patients.
HEALTH VISITORS
178. As in previous years, a course of training was held for ten student Health Visitors who, after one year's tuition and study, took the examination for the Health Visitor's Certificate conducted by the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. Nine were successful.
Orthopaedic Appliance Technicians. These do not all lead to recognized qualifications but prepare those concerned for appointment to permanent posts in Government service after passing a departmental examination.
VIIL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
182. This report would be incomplete without a sincere tribute to all staff of the Department, whose loyalty and devotion are reflected by the progress recorded in these pages. Working under increasing pressure, they have received the whole-hearted support of other Departments of Government and of the many voluntary and welfare agencies whose dedicated work is a prominent feature of life in Hong Kong. It is a pleasure and a privilege to acknowledge again the practical generosity of a number of organizations, notably the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, and of other private donors and the assistance received from other countries. Finally, a tribute is necessary to the citizens of Hong Kong without whose energy, industry and co-operation the achievements recounted would have been far less impressive.
RADIOGRAPHERS
179. Training in this sphere was continued during the year and, as usual, an examination was held in the Colony for both Parts I and II of the Membership (Diagnostic) of the Society of Radiographers in the United Kingdom.
LABORATORY TECHNICIANS
180. The Government Institute of Pathology maintained its in-service training for Medical Laboratory Technicians, and the Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology of the United Kingdom during the year conducted in the Colony an Intermediate Examination for the Associate- ship of the Institute. Results of this examination were commendable, twenty-eight candidates being successful out of a total entry of thirty.
OTHER FORMS OF DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING
181. In-service courses of training were continued for Dispensers, Tuberculosis Workers, Social Hygiene Visitors, Dental Technicians and
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Director of Medical and Health Services.
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