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of the development scheme, which replaces accommodation in the old buildings, was completed during the year and work on phase three was begun.

Pok Of Hospital

233. This hospital, situated near Yuen Long in the New Territories, is maintained by a Board of Directors and is largely supported by charitable donations augmented by an annual Government subvention. An extension of 74 beds was opened by His Excellency the Governor in January 1961; this brought the accommodation in the hospital to a total of 124 beds and also provided badly-needed ancillary services in- cluding an operating theatre, a laboratory and radiodiagnostic facilities. 234. The general administration of the hospital is under an Execu- tive Committee comprising six representatives of the Board of Directors and six representatives of Government. A Government Medical Officer is seconded to the hospital to act as Medical Superintendent. Hei Ling Chun Leprosarium

238. This institution is maintained by the Mission to Lepers, Hong Kong Auxiliary, with the aid of a substantial recurrent subvention from Government. It contains accommodation for up to 540 leprosy patients. and the Maxwell Memorial Medical Centre provides fifty beds for the care of patients undergoing reconstructive surgery or suffering from intercurrent discase.

236. There is a close liaison with the Government Leprosy Clinics, and all patients, who are mostly infectious, are admitted through these clinics. Treatment is mainly by the sulphone group of drugs; ditophal by imunction has been tried but was not popular with patients. Recon- structive surgery was carried out on a number of patients and much work has been done on the prevention of damage to anaesthetic bands and feel. The staff of the Leprosarium produced a simple booklet of rules to instruct patients how to prevent injuries and deformities of the limbs.

237. The work done during 1960 is outlined in Table 28.

TABLE 28

WORK OF HAI LING CHAU LEPROSARIDUM 1959-60

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1959

Number of admissions

138

19

Total number of discharges

119

116

Number of discharges with negative" certificate Deaths

87

69

5

Reconstructive operations

189

196

238. All patients on the island are expected to work in accordance with their physical capacity and previous occupation, training is avail. able in agriculture, cottage industries and in certain light industrial occupations. There is a primary school for child patients, the staff of which hold evening classes for adults and social activities continue as in a normal community.

Tuberculosis Hospitals

239. Reference has already been made in paragraphs 130-132 and 134-136 to the work carried out by the Grantham Hospital, the Ruttonjes Sanatorium, the Haven of Hope Sanatorium and the Sandy Bay Convalescent Home.

240

OUT-PATIENT SERVICES

The year 1960-61 was a notable one for, as previously stated, it marked the completion of the first stages of the planned building programme. Four clinics of varying size and scope were opened, three of which were built and donated by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club. The largest of these is the nine-storey polyclinic at Sai Ying Pun, which accommodates a large general out-patient department, chest and social hygiene clinics, a radiodiagnostic and superficial radiotherapy department, modern out-patient teaching facilities for all clinical units of Hong Kong University and the Government Institute of Pathology. Other Jockey Club clinics completed were at Aberdeen and Kennedy Town, cach of which contains a general out-patient clinic, a dental centre, and a maternal and child health department; in addition, the former has a maternity ward of 26 beds. An out-patient clinic and maternity home of seven beds, built by Government, was opened in the small border town of Sha Tau Kok.

241. In addition to general out-patient clinics, regular specialist out-patient sessions were maintained at a number of centres by the tuberculosis, social hygiene, medical, surgical, ophthalmic, maternal and child health and ear, nose and throat services.

242. Evening out-patient sessions are held at seven of the larger clinics in the more densely populated areas, which last from 6 p.m. until midnight. On Sundays and public holidays, clinic sessions are held at four centres in the urban area, two on each side of the harbour; these sessions cater for patients in need of emergency attention during week- ends and public holidays.

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