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(0) The holding of post-graduate courses
which would be especially useful to Chinese medical men.
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(e)
The supervision of the Prison and special sea- farers clinics.
The supervision of arrangements for suitable publicity.
(f) Co-operation with voluntary organisations willing to assist in the dissemination of information to the general public or special groups.
HOSPITALS.
There are at present ao free clinics for providing facilities for the modern method of treatment either for the European population or for the Chinese. Those Buffering from Syphilis and Gonorrhoea are taken as in- patients, foreigners to the Government Civil Hospital, Chinese to the Tung Wah and Kwong Wah Hospitals, though in the case of the two latter it is only patients suffering from the later stages of the disease who are admitted, others being debarred by a rule which excludes cases of Venereal Digease.
The Government Civil Hospital is always open and anyone requiring immediate treatment could apply to the medical man on duty, but no arrangements are made for the provision of free treatment although a large pro- portion of the patients are unable to afford the necessary drugs,
In order to extend the present facilities at this Hospital it would be necessary to provide additional rooms for the purpose of carrying out out-patient treat- ment.
To establish a continuously open free clinic it is suggested that a specially qualified general prac- titioner working under the supervision of the Venereal Disease Officer should be appointed. Hig duties would be to attend three or four times weekly for sessions of two to three hours (the fee paid for such services in England is one to two guiness). A trained attendant working under his direction would be required to carry out daily irrigation and disinfection treatment, etc.
Tung Wah and Kwong Wah Hospitals. Free clinica for the chinese community should be opened at both these Institutions. The requirements in each case would be a suite of rooms set apart for this purpose; a qualified general practitioner, and trained attendant, both working under the supervision of the Venereal Disease Officer. In addition, owing to the reluctance of Chinese women to submit to examination by medical men, it would be very desirable to obtain the services of a Chinese medical woman in order to encourage the attendance of the infected women. We are given to understand that there are now Chinese women with British and American qualifications available,
Chinese Dispensaries.
We are of the opinion that