165. The renovations of Kowloon Hospital were completed during the year and this, together with Queen Elizabeth Hospital, forms a hospital complex for the treatment of acute and subacute illness requir- ing hospitalization and highly specialized care. In general, the acute stages of illness are treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and, when necessary, patients are transferred to Kowloon Hospital for further care. 166. The Wong Tai Sin Infirmary, Phase I, was completed with funds mainly donated from Australia during World Refugee Year. It has 350 beds and is designed for the care of the chronic sick, thus enabling the Kwong Wab Hospital to release beds for more acute cate- gories of patients. It is intended at a later date to complete Phases II and III of the Infirmary. When this is done it is hoped to provide a total of over 900 beds for the chronic sick.
167. The generosity of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club in medical and health matters was again demonstrated by the opening of the Jockey Club Health Centre at Yuen Long. This is a standard rural clinic, and it replaces the former dispensary and provides new and very much improved general medical facilities at Yuen Long. The Lady Trench Polyclinic at Tsuen Wan was also opened during the year as an addition to the services provided at the Maurine Grantham Health Centre. This new polyclinic provides general, casualty and specialist out-patient services while the Maurine Grantham Health Centre now concentrates on maternal and child health and maternity services.
PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
168. The major project under construction at the end of the year was the extension of the Queen Mary Hospital to provide expanded teaching facilities and improved specialist services. The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals were proceeding to erect an infirmary at Sandy Bay on Hong Kong Island. A standard clinic at Cheung Sha Wan donated by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club has reached an ad- vanced stage of construction. A large polyclinic at Yau Ma Tei was also under construction with funds donated by the Jockey Club. A two storey extension to the Lions Club Government Maternal and Child Health Centre at Kowloon City is under way, the cost of this extension being borne by the Lions Clubs of Hong Kong and by Government. Additional ward blocks are being erected at the Castle Peak Hospital.
169. A detailed statement of development will be found in the Statistical Appendix to this report.
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VII. TRAINING PROGRAMME
(See tables 72-74)
DOCTORS
170. The University of Hong Kong confers the degrees of M.B., B.S., which have been registrable with the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom since 1911. Posts in the major hospitals are recognized for post-graduate training by the majority of the examining bodies in Britain.
171. Mention has been made in recent reports of the relative shortage of qualified medical personnel and with the completion of the new University pre-clinical buildings at Sassoon Road, the Univer- sity's intake of medical students was increased and 120 students entered its Faculty of Medicine in 1965. The extensions to Queen Mary Hos- pital, to which reference has already been made, will be completed in time to allow students to commence their clinical training in 1968. The future requirements of doctors for the Colony as a whole have been closely examined and it is hoped that it will be possible for the University to admit an even greater number of medical students in future. While there will therefore be a considerable increase in the output of medical graduates from the Hong Kong University as from 1971, the Colony will remain relatively short of qualified medical per- sonnel for some years to come.
172. Following the opening of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the programme for the training of doctors for post-graduate qualifications was reviewed by the Panel on Post-Graduate Medical Education, which advised a re-appraisal of specialization in the major disciplines. A shortage of experienced personnel has been encountered in some specialities, but it is expected that most of these deliciencies will be remedied within the next few years.
DENTAL, STAFF
173. No undergraduate training in dentistry is available in Hong Kong, but Government annually awards scholarships for the study of dentistry overseas. Three such scholarships were awarded during the year, while eight scholars returned to the Colony after qualification, bringing the total of returned graduates to 35.
174. In-service training in dental technology is available for student dental technicians, while evening classes are held at the Hong Kong
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