for long term treatment are transferred to the Infirmary from the Queen Elizabeth or the Kwong Wah hospitals. There are also 503 beds in the Tung Wah Sandy Bay Convalescent Hospital for the treatment of chronic patients. But the provision of a total 1,225 beds for long-term patients under the management of the Tung Wah group of hospitals was still not sufficient, according to the year's experience, to meet the demand for more chronic beds in Hong Kong.
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In March 1973, the Tang Wah Eastern Hospital completed its Programme of alteration. The work carried out included the provision of two major operating theatres, one minor theatre, two air-conditioned X-ray rooms, an expanded laboratory, and an enlarged kitchen. After the alteration, the hospital serves to receive straight-forward emergency cases from its own out-patient section and receiving room, and also from the casualty section of the Tang Shiu Kin Hospital.
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THE ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL-
This hospital, supported by the London Missionary Society, received a subvention of $9,890,000 during the year. The hospital has been considerably modernised in recent years, and its facilities greatly improved.
It has had another busy year despite a decrease în in-patient admissions over the previous year of 6.2 per cent but there was an increase in out-patient attendances of 4.3 per cent. The greatest demand is on the obstetric service which remains overcrowded despite strict limitations on bookings.
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THE POK OI HOSPITAL
This charitable hospital in Yuen Long, New Territories, continued in 1973 to serve the population of Yuen Long and surrounding areas. The hospital had been modestly expanded, and the north wing extension project was in operation. The new facilities which included a kitchen, a laundry room, and quarters for minor staff were fully utilised.
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To improve the use of facilities, two surgical teams from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital visited the Pok Oi once a week for sugical clinics and operations. A small quantity of blood began to be stocked in the hospital for urgent use when required.
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THE CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE
The Caritas Medical Centre has 898 beds. It was erected with the aid of donations from Catholic communities in many parts of the world, in particular the Federal Republic of Germany, and is maintained partly with the aid of a government subvention. In 1973, this was $7,900,321. The Centre is situated in the densely-populated district of So Uk in north-west Kowloon. It is administered by the Canossian Sisters and comprises blocks for general, tuberculosis, and cancer patients, as well as quarters for staff and a nurse training school. The hospital continued to play an active part in the provision of medical services in Hong Kong.
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The hospital planned to develop the site adjacent to the medical centre by the construction of a nurses training centre, a physiotherapy block, a new chronic hospital block, and staff quarters.
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THE HONG KONG ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORACIC DISEASES ASSOCIATION
The three institutions of this association the Grantham Hospital, the Ruttonjee Sanatorium, and the Freni Memorial Convalescent Home
provide the great majority of beds available for the treatment of tuberculosis, and a close liaison is maintained with the government chest service.
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The Grantham Hospital
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This hospital of 633 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 maintains 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, 78 beds have been re-allocated for general use as convalescent beds for chest and heart cases from the Queen Mary Hospital.
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The Grantham Hospital is also a centre for cardiac surgery. 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 Buttonjee Sanatorium and Freni Memorial Convalescent Home
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The Ruttonjee Sanatorium has 280 beds, including 40 for It is supported by voluntary contributions and by a subvention From the Government amounting to $4,493,000 in the year under review. Patients are referred for admission by the government chest clinics or the casualty sections 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 also 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 turnover of patients to take place in the Ruttonjee Sanatorium. It is used for post-operative patients, and also for patients whose progress is uncomplicated but who need supervised anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy. medical and mursing staff of the Buttonjec Sanatorium operate the Freni Memorial Convalescent Home.
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The hospital is currently co-operating with the Hong Kong Goverment and the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom in clinical studies on various aspects of the treatment of tuberculosis.
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THE HAVEN OF HOPE SANATORIUM
This hospital of 302 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 subvention of $2,633,000.
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