No_4_November_and_December__1953 — Page 17

Sisters' Quarters, Queen Mary Hospital

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Since the end of the war, much housing of hospital staff: not only twelve months before being allowed has been done to improve the health has this made available many more to practise: this led to certain services offered to the public of the beds for the use of patients, but the changes in the General Medical Colony. New hospitals and clinics doctors, sisters and nurses have been Council's requirements for the regis- have been built and existing hospitals provided with congenial surroundings tration of medical practitioners in have added new wings and quarters in which to live and spend their off- Great Britain. for nurses. Further new buildings duty hours.

are under construction or are in the

The internship is a Home Govern- planning stage. However, the amount A further and more recent factor of accommodation for patients re- to affect the accommodation situa- ment requirement and it is essential quiring hospitalisation is still far tion has been the passing of the new that this requirement be fulfilled if short of the minimum desirable. One Medical Act, which came into force the Hong Kong medical degree is to of the most interesting developments approximately a year ago and which continue to be registrable with the in the post-war years has been the required compulsory internship of General Medical Council of Great building of special blocks for the all medical students for a period of Britain.

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(Top) Perspective view from south.

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(Bottom) Perspective view from west.