THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
1925.
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REPRESENTATION ON LEGISLATURE DESIRED.
Soveral vory important questions offerging the Peninsuls were discussed at the annual meoting of the Kowloon Itesidents' Associa» tion held in St. Andrew's Church Hall last evening. One point upon which the chairman (Mr. B. Wylio) laid grant stress, was the inadequacy of the accommodation to he provided at the now Kowloon Hospital and the rofusal to allow privato medical practitioners to attend their own patients thore. Representation of Kowloon on the Loginlature of the Colony was also strongly urged.
There was a good attendance of 1920, two local medical practi- members. Mr. B. Wylie, who tioners, Drs. Balean and Strahan, presided, was supported by the who were then members of your officials and members of the Com-, Committee, undertook, in respons mittee.
to a Government invitation, 16 Proposing the adoption of the examine and report on various Report and Statement of accounts, sites in Kowloon suitable for a the chairman said:
hospital, Their recommendation Gentlemen. The report of the regarding a site was adopted, but, General Committee, togather with in apeaking on the disadvantages the Hon. Treasurer's Report and, of one particular site, they ex- statement of accounts, have beesplained: "As far дя Europea in your hands for some days and residents in Kowloon are con. I will, with your permission, take cerned, a hospital five miles away them as read. I think we can offera little, if any, advantage congratulate ourselves on having over the hospitals in Hongkong. bad a most successful year. We It is also a serious disadvantage have had an increase in member to the pallents to be so far away ship, our finances are in a sound, from their own doctora, for Kow- |condition, thanks to the increased loon residents are most anxious subscription which the annual that their own doctors shall con- meeting annctioned last year, and tinue treatment while they are we have concerned ourselves with hospital."
good result with many communa}} Statements Undenied.
matters. As the report reveals,
a wide variety of nubjects has Now, gentlemen, we had no in- engaged your Committee's attentimation from the Government tion, and it has been clearly de-that that statement was based on monstrated that the unefulness a wrong idea. In October of the. of the Association tends to in-name year,' at a public meeting Jerease with the growth of Kow-held In the Kowloon British Joan's population. There is still School, the then President of your room for a much larger member- | Asociation, Mr. B. L. Frost, re- ship than we have at present, and marked that he "believed that pro- it is to be hoped that the report vision would be made for six now before you will have the wards of beds to be reserved for effect of inducing those outsido{ private patients, who could have our ranks to join and, by their, their own medical practitioners," membership and support, streng | The Government also allowed that then the bands of your General statement to go undenied, whilst Committee.
in the following month there was definite public statement by the Kowloon Hospital.
then Colonial Secretary that it was Before proposing the adoption the Government'a intention to of the report and accounts, there allaw patients to have their own two mutters upon private doctors, On November 18, which I would like to say a few 1920, during the debate in the words. Those of you who have Legislative Counell on the Budget received the full. report and cor for 1921, the 'Hon: respondence will doubtless have Pollock (now Sir Henry Pollock) Mr. H. E. noticed that in connection with expressed the hope that private the new Kowloon hospital-the practitioners would be given leave completion of which has been to treat their own patients in the Ipromised for August next-we New Kowloon
are one or
Hospital. In the course of his reply to the debate on behalf of the Government, Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher omitted to make reference to this point, but at the close of his address he was minded by Mr. Pallock of the omis sion. I will read you the exact words as I have taken them from the official Hansard report:
PC-
recently addressed
a series of questions to the Government re- garding the conditions which will apply to that institution when ready for occupation. We asked, ARONK olher things. whether patients would be allowed to have their own doctors, what would be the extent of the accommodation, ami whether there would be maternity ward. The answers to those questions were contained in a letter which we received less than a month ago. and I may say straight away that those answers : jare extremely disappointing. We are told that the hospital will be conducted on the same lines as ather Government hospitals, that there will be accommodation for three first-class patients. eight second-class patients undi 28 thirds-class patients, and that it is not considered necessary
And so you see, gentlemen, that for over four years we have been provide a maternity ward at Kowled to believe that when this hos- soon because there is already on pital is completed. Kowloon at Victoria Hospital.
"The Hon. Mr. Pollock: One point to which the Hon. Colonial Secretary did not refer was to the question of private practi tioners being allowed to attend their own patients in the Kow- loon Hospital,
The Hon. Colonial Secretary: That is the intention of the Government."
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The information that there is to hour it had in mind the removal people. In 1920 it pledged itself to meet the wishes of Kowloon be no maternity ward in the hos of least one great disability from residents in this regard and we "pital is. I venture to claim, the which the women of Kowloon have would now like to know the cir- greatest disappointment of all, suffered far too long. I could say, cumalanees which have led to this more especially for our womenfolk, much more on this matter, but I | change of front. (Ilear, hear). Hear, hear). To tell the women think your imaginations-and, I So far as the accommodation is of Kowloon that they cannot have hope, the imaginations of our concerned, we feel it is miserably a maternity ward in the new hos Government officials can fill in ail inadequate regarding first andpital because there is one at Vic-the other considerations as to way reseeand patients. We arefully tria Hospital on the Peak and ise-a maternity ward in any new hos Le me deal with these thressidents will be able to go in
aware that it is only the first enuse the ward would have to be apital for Kowloon. ahould be on most important points in the orderspital and enjoy the continu-portion which is being completed separate builtlag with a separate ladispensable provision. in which I have named
ance of trentment by their ther
own by* August next, and that exten- | staff is to deny them their rights Taking this subject of the Kow- Ever since this Association had
When the Governmentsions will be made from time to doctors.
to consideration as the mothers of loon Hospital as 1 whole, after UA that the had anything to do with the hostells
hospital time, but surely the Government our children. The birth of amany years of waiting and the ex- pital question, it has heen assum- will be conducted 00* the realises that the provision of thine child at night whilst the mother penditure of many thousands of ed that when such an institution same tines as other Government first-class and eight second-class was crossing the harbour to hos-dollars, what are we promised? would bis completed patients hospitals, it means the exclusion heds is very much less than is at <HEWAN, TOMES & CO. would be able to have the atteni-of general medien! practitioners, present necessary if all the paying an unknown happening, and when appointment has been felt by every pital in Hongkong has not been I venture to state that. keen dis- General Managere
ance of their private medical That means that the Government
this Association pressed for
aKowloon resident, and I propose,, Hongkong.
practitioners. As far back June, has not kept faith with Kowloon hospital patients from Kowloon are
to go to the new hospital.
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