THE HONG KONG ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORACICI
DISEASES ASSOCIATION
186. The three institutions of this Association-the Grantham Hospital, the Ruttonjes Sanatorium, and the Freni Memorial Convales- cent 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 Hospitu! (Table 74)
187. 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. The Government main- tains 610 of the beds, but all staff of the hospital are provided by the Association, with the exception of government medical officers posted to the government clinical units, which are directly responsible for 218 of the beds. Because of the decline in the need for hospital beds for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, 70 beds have been re-allocated for general use as convalescent beds for chest and heart cases from the Queen Mary Hospital.
188. The Grantham Hospital is also a centre for cardiac surgery, As a result of contributions from the Government, the University of Hong Kong, and the Association, open-heart surgery was begun 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.
The Ruttonjee Sanatorium and Freni Memorial Convalescent Home
(Table 75)
189. The Ruttonjee Sanatorium has 250 beds, including 40 for children. It is supported by voluntary contributions and by a subvention from the Government amounting to $2,640,000 in the year under review, Patients are referred for admission by the government chest clinics or the casualty departments of government hospitals. Provision is also made for employees of the principal subscribers to the Association. Though the majority of patients admitted during the year suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis or its sequelae more patients with lung cancer were now being admitted. A special unit is provided for the management of patients suffering from tuberculous meningitis. The Freni Memorial Convalescent Home has 110 beds for adult males, and allows a greater
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turnover of patients to take place in the Ruttonjee Sanatorium. It is used for post-operative patients, and also for those patients whose pro- gress is uncomplicated but who need supervised anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy. The medical and nursing staff of the Rutonjee Sana- torium operate the Freni Memorial Convalescent Home.
190. The hospital is currently co-operating with the Hong Kong Government and the British Medical Research Council in clinical studies on various aspects of the treatment of tuberculosis.
THE HAVEN OF HOPE SANATORIUM
191. 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 $1,382,400.
THE DUCHESS OF KENT ('HILDREN'S ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL AND CONVALESCENT HOME
192. Maintianed by the Society for the Relief of Disabled Children, with the aid of a government subvention of $1,200,000, this modern children's orthopaedic hospital now contains 200 beds for children requiring specialized long-term orthopaedic care and surgery. Patients are admitted to the hospital through its own out-patient department and other clinics. Traumatic cases are transferred from the Queen Mary Hospital for convalescence. An orthopaedic appliance department is provided at the hospital. The Hong Kong Red Cross Society provides primary school teachers to enable the children to continue their educa- tion during convalescence.
OUR LADY OF MARYKNOLL HOSPITAL
193. This hospital of 264 beds is administered by the Maryknoll Sisters, and was maintained during the year with the aid of a government subvention of $1,600,000. 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, certain imporvements were made and new services provided, including a number of measures in the Out-Patient Department, the laboratory, and the setting up of ophthalmology and physiotherapy services.
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