Prison, 1.752 prisoners were transferred to Tai Lam Chung where two special blocks have been converted to accommodate prisoners in need of further hospital care. There is a Medical Officer working full time at this prison.
331. At the Remand Prison in Victoria there is a small ward of eight beds for the treatment of acute illness. The duration of stay in the Remand Prison is necessarily short but there are a number of cases of acute illness, particularly amongst drug addicts, which have to be treated in this ward.
332. The female prison at Lai Chi Kok maintains a small hospital of ten beds under the supervision of the Medical Officer in charge of the Lai Chi Kok Hospital. Here, again, any case of major illness is transferred to the custodial ward in the Kowloon Hospital.
Wan Chai Social Hygiene Hospital
333. Reference has already been made to the work of this small 30-bed Hospital for the reception of women and children. Its main function is the in-patient treatment of venereal disease in women and children although, with modern treatment, this aspect of the work is becoming less important. On the other hand, cases of acute skin discase are now admitted more frequently and it is tending to become more and more a centre for the treatment of such cases.
334. There is a busy out-patient department for the treatment of women with venereal disease and a large number of examinations of known contacts are carried out every year.
GOVERNMENT ASSISTED HOSPITALS
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
335. There are three major hospitals maintained by the Board of Directors of the Tung Wah Hospitals. The Tung Wah Hospital of 637 beds and the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital of 320 beds are situated on Hong Kong Island; the Kwong Wah Hospital of 659 beds is in Kowloon. 336. Established in 1870, the Tung Wab is a charitable organization which provides primary school, medical and other welfare services to the poor. The Board of Directors, elected annually, raises large sums of money for charity, a considerable part of which is devoted to the maintenance of its Hospitals. The scope of the hospital service is such that Government makes a large annual subvention towards the work of these hospitals, which are under the general direction of the Tung Wah
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Hospitals Medical Committee. This Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Director of Medical and Health Services, consists of the Chairman and Principal Directors of the Tung Wah, two members of the Tung Wah Hospitals Advisory Board, the Medical Superintendents of the three Hospitals and the Deputy Financial Secretary (Finance). The Medical Superintendents of the three hospitals are Government Medical Officers on secondment.
337. All three hospitals maintain large and very busy out-patient departments but they do not normally accept casualties, which go to the Casualty Departments of the Queen Mary and Kowloon Hospitals. 338. The general medical and surgical wards of the Tung Wah Hospitals provide much needed accommodation for those suffering from chronic ailments requiring prolonged hospital treatment. There are in addition two Infirmaries, one of 125 beds and one of 86 beds, for those suffering from incurable diseases,
339. At the Tung Wah Hospital in Victoria, the new Hawkins and Yeo Wings were opened on 12th March, 1958. The Hawkins Wing, named after Mr. B. C. K. Hawkins, C.M.G., Q.B.E., formerly Secretary For Chinese Affairs, contains quarters for the Medical and Nursing Staff. The Yeo Wing, named after Dr. K. C. Yeo, C.M.G., formerly Director of Medical and Health Services, has accommodation for 200 beds, the Nurses' Training School, and certain administrative offices. These extensions have materially improved facilities at this very busy hospital. 340. The free maternity service provided by the three Tung Wah Hospitals recorded 32,493 births which is, approximately, one-third of the total births registered during the year.
341. Consultant services are provided mainly by specialists in pri vate practice whose services are given voluntarily; certain Government specialists also act as consultants to hospitals within the Tung Wah Group.
342. The major part that the Tung Wah Hospitals play in the work of the Colony medical service is indicated by the following table:
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Hospital
Bed
Total in-patient
Total our-patient attendanceN
Kwong Wah Tung Wah
659
43.401
244.791
637
12.363
125,034
Tung Wah Eustern
320
8,830
173,981
Total
1,616
64,594
543,806
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