Ruttonjee Sanatorium.
1942
1951
Rultonjes Sanatorium
Priority cases up...***
152. Details of admissions and discharges are as follows:
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52
Through the clinica 213
TOK
199
Government Hospitals
Priority cases General Public
213
210
Remaining in hospital at last day of previous year
...
265
273
Admissions
1952
1957
2285
203
*476
183
-
Total
773
724
Re-admitted after temporary transfer
Discharge:
(4) Completed treatment-
{1} Improved
360
351
(ii) Materially unchanged (iii) Worse
56
62
1
2
26
10
38
12
11
309
286
148. This Sanatorium operated by the Hong Kong Anti- Tuberculosis Association, has again expanded during the year from 140 to 163 beds. Only cases of pulmonary tuberculosis are admitted and apart from priority cases who are mainly employees of the principal subscribers to the Association, all cases are admitted through the Government Tuberculosis Clinics, After admission the Association is responsible for treatment and aftercare, but financial assistance is given by the Government Tuberculosis Almoner. The Association publishes its own report on the results of treatment.
Government Hospitals.
149. The beds available in Government Hospitals are located as follows:-
1.
Queen Mary Hospital;
2.
Special clans and general ward accommodation for surgical and investigalion casca ....ebay. Lai Chi Kok Hospital (including 10 sota)
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208
AZ
St. John's Hospital, Cheung Chau
(Minimal or convalescent cases only)
150. It is obvious that the widespread distribution of the beds adds considerably to the administrative problems of the Government Tuberculosis Service. Owing to the type of accum- modation available, no occupational therapy is possible though a start has been made with diversional therapy,
151. Steady improvement in the standard of treatment has been apparent but, for various reasons, surgical treatment has been limited although the amount carried out was considerably greater than in the previous year.
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(6) Against medical advice (e) Pied
(d) Transferred to other hospitals Remaining in hospital at end of year
153. There has been a slight increase in the average dura- tion of hospital treatment. This is in part due to the increasing amount of surgical treatment being undertaken which, while it requires slightly longer convalescence, appears to produce more satisfactory results,
164. The large number of discharges under (a) (ii) of para. 162 above, is principally accounted for by cases admitted for investigation and found to be suffering from other untreat- able chest diseases.
155. The low number of deaths occurring in hospital results from the careful selection of patients for admission. The majority of the deaths occurred in dependents of government servants who are regarded as priority cases and admitted regardless of condition. The majority of these are in an advanced stage before seeking treatment.
156. The following is a summary of treatment given in hospitala:
including 62 re-admissions
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