Occupational Therapy Service
Occupational Therapy Service is required in the treatment of people who are physically or mentally disabled. These people undergo planned activities designed to restore wholly or partly their bodily functions, enhancing their integration back into the community.
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In 1984, 32 512 patients were treated with total attendances of
Prosthetic-Orthotic Service
Prosthetic & Orthotic Services are required for the treatment of physically disabled people in acute and convalescent hospitals, in out- patient clinics and in the rehabilitation centres. These people are fitted and supplied with various prosthetic and orthotic appliances designed to restore wholly or partly their bodily functions and/or appearance.
In 1984, a total of 11 835 patients were treated and 29 415 attendances were recorded.
Community Nursing Service
The Community Nursing Service extends continuing care to patients discharged from hospitals after suffering from acute illness and provides domiciliary medical care and support for the sick, disabled and the elderly in their own homes. The services are delivered by community nurses and comprised mainly skilled nursing care, supportive mobility and physiotherapy exercises as well as health educational advice. The nurses encourage patients, with the help of their families, to participate in their own treatment and rehabilitation through supportive care and health teaching, thus assisting in the prevention of relapse.
Jointly operated by eight agencies including the Medical and Health Department, the service is largely hospital based, with domiciliary service provided through a network of 39 sub-centres. During the year, 12 012 patients were treated by community nurses and more than 214 000 home visits were made.
Pathology Service
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The Pathology Service provides clinical and public health laboratory services to Government hospitals and clinics, and a consultancy service for the Government-assisted sector. It also administers mortuaries and blood banks. In 1984, a total of 10.83 million tests were undertaken by the service representing an increase of 10% over the previous year. units of blood were received by the blood banks in the year.
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The Institute of Immunology produces vaccines and other biological products for use in local health services. A total of 608 680 ml of vaccines were produced locally in 1984. These were mainly bacterial vaccines (Cholera and Typhoid) and poliomyelitis vaccine. The Virus Unit provides a central laboratory service for the diagnosis and surveillance of viral infections. It also provides invaluable services for the screening, assessment and guidance of vaccination programmes against viral infections for the community.
In 1984, a Central Neo-natal Screening Laboratory was established in the Kwong Wah Hospital on a temporary basis. The main function of this unit is to co-ordinate the laboratory activities of the territory-wide neo- natal screening programme on congenital hypothyroidism and glucose-6- phosphatase dehydrogenose deficiency.
The Forensic Pathology Service with its fully established forensic laboratory works closely with the Royal Hong Kong Police Force on the medical aspect of criminology and other medico-legal work. The work of the service also includes investigations in all homicides and coroner's cases. The professional staff dealt with total of 4 640 post-mortem examinations, 1 140 clinical examinations and blood groupings, and 4 429 laboratory examinations in 1984.
Radiology and Oncology Service
divisions.
The Institute of Radiology and Oncology comprises four main
The Radiodiagnostic Division provides a diagnostic organ image service for Government and several subvented hospitals. Consultancy service is also available to all other hospitals and general practitioners at a charge. New diagnostic departments commissioned during 1984 included the Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chai Wan Health Centre, the East Kowloon Polyclinic Stage II and Yung Fung Shee Memorial Centre. A total of 1 070 146 examinations were carried out in all sections of the Radiodiagnostic Division in 1984, an increase of 2.73% over the previous year's performance.
The Nuclear Medicine Section, based at Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals, is under the charge of a consultant of nuclear medicine. The main task of the unit is to co-ordinate and improve various nuclear medicine procedures and to train up medical personnel in the specialty.
The Radiation Therapy and Oncology Division based at the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary and Prince of Wales Hospitals provides a comprehensive radiotherapy as well as a chemotherapy service. The Division treats more than 90% of the patients requiring radiation therapy in the population.
The division also operates a population based Cancer Registry covering the whole territory.
The Radiation Physics Division is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the radiation physics and mould laboratories, radiological workshop and the photographic section of the Institute.
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