the new extension of the laundry unit was commissioned and has provided useful service for the hospital.
HONG KONG ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORACIC DISEASES ASSOCIATION
159. This Association, in its three institutions, the Grantham Hospital, the Ruttonjee Sanatorium, and the Freni Memorial Con- valescent Home, provides the great majority of beds available for the treatment of tuberculosis and a close liaison is maintained with the Government Chest Service.
The Grantham Hospital (Table 71)
160. This hospital of 612 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. Government maintains 610 of the beds but all staff of the hospital is provided by the Associa- tion, with the exception of Government Medical Officers posted to the Government Clinical Units, which are directly responsible for 218 of the beds.
161. This hospital is also a centre for cardiac surgery. As a result of contributions from Government, the University and the Association, open-heart surgery started in 1968. Staff of this Unit consists of specialists from the Departments of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Hong Kong and from the Medical and Health Department.
Ruttonjee Sanatorium and Freni Memorial Convalescent Home
(Table 72)
162. The Ruttonjee Sanatorium and its annex, the Freni Memorial Convalescent Home, 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. They are supported by voluntary contributions and by a subvention from Government amounting to $2,300,000 in the year under review.
HAVEN OF HOPE SANATORIUM
163. This hospital of 322 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 assisted in its recurrent expenditure by a Government subvention of $1,080,000.
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David Trench Rehabilitation Centre, opened in March 1971.