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Paus Hospital (Causeway Bay), was badly damaged during the war by
She111 which included hits by ten-inch shells from Japanese oruisers. Dr. Dean-Smith, the Medical Officer in Charge, was badly wounded (but is now
The Hospital making a good recovery) and was replaced by Dr. P.r.S. Court.
as continuing to function on 17th Feb. and its European Staff was still \interned. The hospital latterly became the Headquarters of Dr. Selwyn- larke's band of transport workers, after the queen Mary Hospital was evacuated.
Normal work continued here until 30th Jan., when all European members of the staff were interned, including Drs. Ashtón, Alderton, Sydenham and Forbes and the Rev. Alton.
NETHERSOLE and Alice Memorial Hospitals.
Young Wo Hospital (Hongkong Sanatorium). This hopsital continued functioning until a date during the latter half of January, when permission was obtained from the new Japanese Medical Department for it to resume its ordinary normal activity as a private hospital under Chinese management.
Tung Wah Eastern Hospital. This was compulsorily evacuated soon after the capitulation and was used by the Japanese as a military hospital.
Tung Wah Hospital. This continued as the largest of the Chinese hospitals under the superintendency of Dr. Thomas (Tam Nga-shi).
Happy Valley Relief Hospital. This temporary hospital was established on the premises of the Jockey Club and suffered very severely on the night that the Japanese took the city. Terrible scenes were enacted here on this occasion, and it was here that some of the authenticated cases of the rape of European women occured. The hopital was completely evacuated on 26th December in consequence of the unrestrained brutality of the Japanese troops. Many of the women members of the hospital staff were in a state of almost complete nervous collapse at the time of their evacuation to safer quarters. University Relief Hospital, This was the main Relief Hospital for male patients. The uropean staff members, with the exception of Prof. R.C. Robertson, Mr. Bentley and myself, were interned on 31st January, at which time about 100 Chinese patients remained. On the orders of Colonel Eguohi I handed over, some days prior to this, the general administration of the hoppital, together with all stocks of drugs, instruments, equipment and food to the newly appointed Medical Officer in charge, Dr. Lim Eoq Quee. St. Stephens Girls College Relief Hospital. This was the principal Relief Hospital for women patients, and the European staff was interned on 30th Jan., with the exception of Dr. Griffiths (free Irish).
Bowen Road Military Hospital. This hospital continued running under the command of Col. Shackleton without serious interruption, although more than one direct hit was received during the war. It was well filled with militery patients, and later had a number of naval patients transferred to it when the Naval Hospital was closed. It was still operating on 17th Feb. Royal Naval Hospital. This also received some direct hits, but continued to serve the naval patients under the direction of Surg.-Cdr. Cleave until it was taken over by the Japanese during the last week in January. On the Kowloon side, the Kowloon Hospital, St. Theresa's Hospital, and Central
Central British School Relief Hospital were early taken over in their entirety by the Japanese army. Medical Officers such as Dr. Newton, Dr. Uttley, and Dr. Hargreaves eventually reached the Stanley Camp.
INTERNMENT. All members of the Forces, including the Hongkong Volunteers, were interned in one of the Camps mentioned in the first paragraph of this report. Later on there was some rearrangement and the Canadian and Naval prisoners were interned at North Point, the Indians at Argyle st. and the remainder of H.M. Forces, with the Volunteers, at the Sam Shui Po Camp.
Civilians of British, American and Dutch nationalities were ordered to report at the Murray Parade Ground for internment on the morning of 8th Jan. bring with them what baggage they could carry Those who obeyed the order
to were marched off in groups of 50 or so, without any registration of nemes, one or other of the Chinese hotels in the Central District, such as the Taikoor Mee Cheong, Empress, Tai Thong Hotels, Stag Boarding House, etc. Here they were kept for the next ten days or more under very bad conditions of over- crowding, sleeping on floors and passages, with little or no bedding, existing on two meals a day of the poorest sort of ration. Many people were only able to get rice to eat. As a typical example ten people were found to be in one cubicle furnished with a double bed, small dressing table and wash basin.
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