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When the Medical School is re-opened, provision should be
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made for the post-graduate instruction of those intending to
specialise in Public Health. The resumption of classes for the ·
Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and eventually for
the Diploma in Public Health, should have early consideration. G. Clinical Professorships.
There should be consultations between the Government and
University authorities as to the desirability and feasibility
of incorporating the posts of Professor of Surgery, Professor
of Medicine and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology into
the Colonial Medical Service.
The question of combining the posts of Professor of
Fathology and Government Bacteriologist should also be considered.
. Training of Nurses.
Adequate facilities for the training of Nurses and Midwives
ahould be restored and both the Nurses and Midwives Boards should
be re-constituted as soon as practicable.
Health Inspectors and Health Visitors.
Arrangements should be made for the resumption of courses
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of instruction and training for Health and Senitary Inspectors Head in Visitors
and for the re-establishment of the Hong Kong Board of Examiners
of the Royal Sanitary Institute.
Consideration should be given to the provision of courses
for Health Inspectors and Health Visitors in the School of Public
Health or Institute of Hygiene, when established.
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Medical Institutions.
Notwithstanding the difficulties likely to be encountered in the way of staff and equipment, every effort should be made to
re-open existing hospitals and, if necessary, to equip and
staff emergency hospitals to meet the needs of the population.
Adequate accommodation for the segregation and treatment
of cases of infectious diseases, mental patients and lepers should
be provided.
Steps should be taken to arrange for the transfer of mental
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