WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1975
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NO COMPULSORY GOVT SERVICE FOR
NURSING GRADUATES
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THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. THE HON. GERALD CHOA, TODAY RULED OUT COMPULSORY GOVERNMENT SERVICE FOR NURSES GRADUATING FROM THE SCHOOL OF GENERAL NURSING.
THIS WAS NOT CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE, HE TOLD COUNCIL, BECAUSE SUCH A CONDITION WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE AND JUSTIFY BY SINGLING OUT THE NURSING GRADE FOR SUCH ACTION WHILE NOT APPLYING IT TO OTHERS WHO ARE APPOINTED AND TRAINED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
DR. CHOA WAS REPLYING TO DR. THE HON. HARRY FANG WHO HAD ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF STIPULATING A MINIMUM OF ONE YEAR'S COMPULSORY SERVICE FOR GRADUATES OF THE THREE-YEAR COURSE OF THE GENERAL SCHOOL OF NURSING.
DR. CHOA ALSO NOTED THAT THE SUBJECT HAD NOT BEEN RAISED IN THE HONG KONG NURSING BOARD.
IN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION, DR. CHOA SAID 569 NURSES INCLUDING 543 GENERAL AND 26 PSYCHIATRIC NURSES WERE REGISTERED WITH THE HONG KONG NURSING BOARD IN 1974. OF THESE, 518 WERE NEW GRADUATES OF THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS OF NURSING IN HONG KONG.
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+THE NURSING BOARD HAS NO INFORMATION REGARDING THE NUMBER OF RESIGNATIONS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THEIR REGISTRATION, AS INDIVIDUAL TRAINING SCHOOLS KEEP THEIR OWN RECORDS,+ HE SAID."
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