HONG KONG ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORACIC DISEASES ASSOCIATION
154. This Association, in receipt of a Government subvention of $1,946,900 apart from $4,873,220 for the Grantham Hospital, provides the great majority of the beds available for treatment of tuberculosis in its three institutions-the Grantham Hospital, the Ruttonjes Sanatorium and the Freni Memorial Convalescent Home, and a close Maison is maintained with the Government Chest Service.
The Grantham Hospital (See table 68)
155. This hospital of 614 beds is equipped as a modern chest hospital and is administered by the Grantham Hospital Management Board on a fee-paying. non-profit-making basis partly with the aid of a Govern- ment grant of $4,873,220 during the year. Government maintains 576 of the beds, but all staff of the hospital is provided by the Association with the exception of Government Medical Officers posted to the Government clinical units which are directly responsible for 220 of the beds.
Ruttonjee Sanatorium and Freni Memorial Convalescent Home
(See table 69)
156. The Ruttonjee Sanatorium and its annex, the Frent Memorial Convalescent Home, maintained by the Hong Kong Anti-tuberculosis and Thoracic Diseases Association, together accommodate 360 patients. suffering from tuberculosis and other chest diseases. The Sanatorium also operates a Follow-up Clinic and a B.C.G. centre. It is supported by voluntary contributions and by a large subvention from Government
HAVEN OF HOPE SANATORIUM
157. This hospital of 230 beds is situated in the Junk Bay area of the New Territories and a tuberculosis out-patient and follow-up clinic is maintained at nearby Rennie's Mill. During the year, the hospital was ussisted in its recurrent expenditure by a Government subvention of $441,500. Construction of a new technical services building was com- pleted during the year, but planning of an additional 60 beds, the cost of which is to be shared equally between the Institution and Government has been in abeyance.
SANDY BAY CHILDREN'S ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL AND CONVALESCENT HOME 158. Maintained by the Society for the Relief of Disable Children, partly with the aid of a Government subvention of $150,000 during the year, this home contains 100 beds for children requiring long-term
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orthopaedic care. The Hong Kong Branch of The British Red Cross Society provides two full-time primary school teachers to enable the children to continue their education during convalescence. Construction of additional facilities in the form of an out-patient department, an operating theatre suite, quarters and an additional 100 beds is in progress.
OUR LADY OF MARYKNOLL HOSPITAL-
159. This hospital of 80 beds is administered by the Maryknoll Sisters, and was maintained during the year partly with the aid of a Government subvention of $387,000. It is located at Wong Tai Sin in North-East Kowloon and provides general in-patient and out-patient facilities for this rapidly expanding area. During the year under review, construction continued on an extension to the hospital of 140 beds. When construction is completed the hospital will have a total of 220 beds. 180 for general third class patients and 40 for first and second class patients and maternity cases.
HAY LING CHAU LEPROSARIUM
(See table 700
160. This leprosarium situated on an island six miles from Hong Kong and maintained by the Leprosy Mission. Hong Kong Auxiliary with the aid of a Government recurrent subvention of $700,000, provides accommodation for 540 leprosy patients and special facilities for those who require reconstructive surgery or who are suffering from inter- current disease.
161. In therapy, diamino-diphenyl-sulphone remained the drug of initial choice, but vadrine has been used with effect in patients who have chronic reactions or who are not responding to other drugs. A com- bination of diamino-diphenyl-sulphone or of intra-muscular sulphetrone with thiambutasone has proved effective for a number of patients who show little response to a single drug.
HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR REHABILITATION, KWUN TONG REHABILITATION CENTRE
162. This centre, aided by Government by a recurrent grant of $550,000, accommodating eighty patients, has occupational workshops and facilities for physiotherapy and for the manufacture of prostheses. It is designed to assist in the quick return to employment of those who have been injured, particularly in industrial accidents.
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