CO129-591-8 Policy directives 10-3-1944 - 17-8-1944 — Page 68

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the clinical teaching of senior medical students.

When the Medical School is re-opened, plans should be prepared for the establishment of a school of Public Health

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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

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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 Obstetrics and Gynaecology into the Colonial logy into the Colonial

Medical Service.

The question of combining the posts of Professor of Pathology and Government Bacteriologist should also be considered.

6. Training of Nurses

Adequate facilities for the training of Nurses and Midwives should be restored and both the Nurses and Midwives Boards should be

re-constituted as soon as practicable.

8. Health Inspectors and Health Visitors

Arrangements should be made for courses of instruction

and training for Health Inspectors and Health Visitors and for the re-establishment of the Hong Kong Board of Examiners of the Royal

Sanitary Institute.

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Medical Institutions

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.

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Adequate accommodation for the segregation and treatment of cases of infectious diseases, mental patients and lepers should

be provided.

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Steps should be taken to arrange for the transfer of

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