Medical Appendix B
(a) Provision of staff to meet this expansion.
Doctors. 150 graduate each year from the University of Hong
Kong. The Chinese University will produce its first graduates
in 1986. It will have an initial intake of 60 students in
1981, 80 in 1982 and 100 from 1983 onwards. Further sources
of supply include a Licentiate Examination Scheme and overseas
recruitment.
Dentists.
There are no local training facilities and Government's
needs are met by a dental scholarship scheme and overseas recruitment. A Dental School will open in 1980 and will produce
60 graduates from 1984.
Nurses. There are two Government nurse training schools each producing 180 p.a. (120 every third year). A third and fourth school are planned for completion by 1982/83.
Para-medical grades. There are training facilities in Government
for radiographers, psysiotherapists and medical laboratory
technicians. To meet the large shortfalls forecast, training
courses at the Polytechnic are being introduced this year for
physiotherapists, occupational therapists, radiographers,
medical laboratory technicians and dental technicians, with others
to follow.
(e) School Dental Service. A school dental care service will be
introduced in 1980. A dental nurse training school will open this year to provide 30 trained dental nurses and 6 dental hygienists a year from 1980.
(f)
Non-contributory medical services. There are at present a free hospital casualty service and free preventive health services, a nominal $1 charge for each general outpatient visit, and $5 maintenance charge for general ward patients in Government hospitals. These
charges can be waived. Private ward patients are charged higher
maintenance fees and also a medical attendance fee.
The above developments are in line with the White Paper
on the Further Development of Medical and Health Services in Hong
Kong which was published in 1974 and is reviewed and updated each year.
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