256. At the Ho Tung Clinic there are a few beds available for general in-patients, primarily for members of the Police Force, and 189 patients were admitted during the year.
(r) Ambulance Service.
257. The Medical Department provides the ambulance service for the Colony with the exception of accidents and street emergencies which are dealt with by the Fire Brigade. Other ambulance services are also provided by the St. John Ambulance Brigade and the Tung Wah Hospitals group.
258. Table 32 shows the work done by the Medical Department ambulances during the year.
TABLE 32.
Annual record consumption of Petrol, Oil, Mileage and calls for all Medical Department Ambulances.
Chest Bones
Abdomen
TABLE 33.
Work done in the X-ray Department.
Examinations made
Queen Mary Hospital
Kowloon Hospital
59,153
19,204
5,104
5,114
1,522
614
Intravenous Pyelography
214
50
Barium Meal
679
294
Hysterosalpingogram
110
2
Cholecystogram
58
29
Cystogram
16
10
Retrograde Pyelogram
31
4
Bronchogram
30
Arteriogram
1
404
610
Place
Annusl mileage
Annual petrol in gallon
Annual
Oil in gallon
Annual calle
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58,080
6.276
71
5,719
6,985 tient
Dental Ventriculogram Cholangiogram Encephalogram
Peripheral Angiogram
Cerebral Angiogram
Myelogram
Flouroscopic Examination
Kowloon
91,696
10,788
463
8.494
14,796 L
Urethrogram
Sinogram
Total:
Etern
144.776
16,082
1771
14.213
21,781
11
Pelvimetry
Cardioscopic Examination
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X-Ray Department.
259. The work in the X-ray Department continued to increase, as was only to be expected, in view of the great increase in in-patient and out-patient demands on the medical service.
260. 67,833 cases were seen at the Queen Mary Hospital as compared with 58,629 in 1949. Similar figures for Kowloon Hospital were 25,737 and 15,831. Most of the increase în examinations made was in chest films.
261. Table 33 gives a summary of the work done during 1950.
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140
104
12
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Total:
67,833
25,737
Filme expended
Mass Miniature
38,111
3,871
18,788
5,836
14,077
4,878
1,855
3,249
7,225
4,130
1,406
678
1,324
840
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