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163. Two innovations at the Queen Mary Hospital during the year under review are worthy of note. By agreement with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (as sanctioned by the Senate), the responsibility for the instruction of pupil midwives and nurses in midwifery in the maternity department of the hospital was handed over to the Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the University. The scheme involved the transfer of the control and supervision of the twenty-bed ward for third-class patients to the University Obstetrical Unit. It enables the care of ante-natal cases, and the theoretical and practical instruction in this ward to be carried out as one complete unit. Although it was arranged that this scheme should be tried for a period of a year in the first instance, the satisfactory results already obtained in securing continuity and better correlation between theoretical and practical work afford good grounds for the belief that the arrangement will be continued on a permanent basis at the end of the trial stage.
164. The second change introduced during the year was to hand over the control of a children's ward of 13 cots and 8 beds to the Medical Unit of the University.
A Chinese medical officer who had specialized in paediatrics was appointed by the University to take charge of this ward under the supervision of the Professor of Medicine. The need for specialized instruction in paediatrics in a country with the high birth and infant mortality rates that prevail in Hong Kong hardly needs stressing. There is reason to believe that this scheme will also benefit both medical students and the children affected and that it will be possible to confirm the arrangement at the end of the period of trial.
165. The above changes may not appear to be of great importance but they are indicative of the spirit of co-operation that happily exists between the authorities of the University of Hong Kong and the Government Medical Department.
(B) Kowloon Hospital.
166. Kowloon Hospital was seriously overcrowded throughout the year, as can be seen by referring to the subjoined table.
This hospital has 135 official beds, but many more are usually required to cope with the sick and accidents applying for care. The relevant figures for 1938 and 1939 are tabulated.
(i) In-patients:
General
Maternity
1938 1939 Total 5,429 6,055 Daily average 139 149 Chinese 2,509 2,845 European 661 689 Indian 17 26 Russian 66 38 Other nationalities 271 326 Treated by Government officers 5,429 6,055 General 3,524 3,921 Maternity 1,905 2,131Table XXI.
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163. Two innovations at the Queen Mary Hospital during the year under review are worthy of note. By agreement with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (as sanctioned by the Senate), the responsibility for the instruction of pupil midwives and nurses in midwifery in the maternity department of the hospital was handed over to the Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the University. The scheme involved the transferrence of the control and supervision of the twenty-bed ward for third class patients to the University Obstetrical Unit. It enables the care of ante-natal cases, and the theoretical and practical instruction in this ward to be carried out as one complete unit. Although it was arranged that this scheme should be tried for a period of a year in the first instance, the satisfactory results already obtained in securing continuity and better correlation between theoretical and practical work afford good grounds for the belief that the arrangement will be continued on a permanent basis at the end of the trial stage.
164. The second change introduced during the year was to hand over the control of a children's ward of 13 cots and 8 beds to the Medical Unit of the University.
A Chinese medical officer who had specialized in paediatrics was appointed by the University to take charge of this ward under the supervision of the Professor of Medicine. The need for specialized instruction in paediatrics in a country with the high birth and infant mortality rates that prevail in Hong Kong hardly needs stressing. There is reason to believe that this scheme will also benefit both medical students and the children affected and that it will be possible to confirm the arrangement at the end of the period of trial.
165. The above changes may not appear to be of great importance but they are indicative of the spirit of co-operation that happily exists between the authorities of the University of Hong Kong and the Government Medical Department.
(B) Kowloon Hospital.
166. Kowloon Hospital was seriously overcrowded throughout the year, as can be seen by referring to the subjoined table.
This hospital has 135 official beds, but many more are usually required to cope with the sick and accidents applying for care. The relevant figures for 1938 and 1939 are tabulated.
(i) In-patients:
General
Maternity
Table XXI.
1938
1939
3,524
3,921
1,905
2,131
Total
5,429
6,055
Daily average
Chinese
European
139
149
2,509
2,845
661
689
Indian
17
26
Russian
66
38
Other nationalities
271
326
Treated by Government officers
5,429
6,055
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