363. A standard urban clinic was completed at Wang Tau Hom. a rapidly expanding resettlement area in New Kowloon. This clinic, which was also donated by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, was opened in February, 1963, and contains a general out-patient section, a maternal and child health centre with a maternity ward of 24 beds, and quarters for resident staff.
364. In addition to general outpatient services, regular specialist out-patient sessions were maintained at a number of clinics by staff from the tuberculosis, social hygiene, medical, surgical, ophthalmic, maternal and child health and ear, nose and throat services.
365. Evening out-patient sessions continue to be held at seven of the larger clinics in the more densely populated areas and 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.
366. In the New Territories, apart from the fixed out-patient centres, two mobile dispensaries are operated on land while two launches act as floating clinics and serve the more remote islands and the outlying coastal areas of the mainland. A helicopter flying doctor' service continued to operate once weekly to villages in the New Territories not easily accessible by other routes. The helicopter service was also used to transfer patients. in urgent need of emergency medical care, from outlying areas to hospital.
367. Appendices 12 and 13 show figures for the work done during 1962 at the out-patient departments of Government and Government- assisted institutions.
SPECIALIST SERVICES
368. There are Government Specialist Clinical Units of medicine. surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, anaesthesiology, dentistry, neuro- surgery, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, pathology, paediatrics, psychiatry, radiodiagnosis, radiotherapy, social hygiene, thoracic surgery and tuberculosis. In addition, the Professors and certain Senior Lecturers of the University Faculty of Medicine act as Consultants in medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, ortho- paedics, pathology and paediatrics. Certain of the Government Special-
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ists act as Honorary Consultants to the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and others give part-time services as lecturers in the Faculty of Medicine.
RADIOLOGY
369. The Radiological Service, under the overall direction of the Senior Specialist in Radiology, consists of three branches-- radio- diagnosis, radiotherapy and medical physics. It serves mainly Govern- ment institutions, but consultant services are also available to Government-assisted hospitals and to private medical practitioners on request. The headquarters of the service is situated at present in the Queen Mary Hospital.
370. The Senior Specialist and his staff undertake the instruction of medical undergraduates of the Hong Kong University in the basic principles of radiology. They also conduct in-service post-graduate training courses for radiologists leading to the Diplomas in Medical Radiodiagnosis and Medical Radiotherapy (D.M.R.D. and D.M.R.T. respectively) awarded jointly by the Royal College of Physicians. London, and the Royal College of Surgeons, England, Courses of instruction for student radiographers in preparation for the examina- Lions for the Membership of the Society of Radiographers (London) are also maintained.
Radiodiagnosis Branch
371. This Branch provides a full X-ray diagnostic service in sach of the following Government institutions:
Hong Kong Island
Queen Mary Hospital Taan Yuk Hospital
Sai Ying Pun Polyclinic Sai Ying Pun Chest Clinic
Wan Chai Chest Clinic
Medical Examination Board
Mobile Mass Radiography Unit (1)
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Kowloon and New Territories
Kowloon Hospital Kowloon Casualty
Lai Chi Kok Hospital
Shek Kip Mei Chest Clinic
Castle Peak Mental Hospital Mobile Mass Radiography Unit (2)
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