No. of Patients
X-rayed
No. of Exams,
No. of films
Jaker
23,701
40,260
92,539
16,288
21.493
51,764
16,840
44,548
44.743
M.M.R. Unit (1)
+
62,709
66,903
66.903
Tsan Yuk Hospital
6,989
8,669
10,200
Wanchai Chest Clinic
19,868
56,956
56,956
Medical Examination Board
9,276
17,358
18,343
Tung Wah Hospital
(471)**
Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
(301)
Kowloon & New Territories
42,122
60.227
101.958
Shek Kip Mei Clinic:
Chest Section
59.101
70,848
90,084
M.M.R. Unit (2)
79,929
79,929
80,137
Kowloon Chest Clinic:
Chest Section
30.903
46,228
79,501
M.M.R. Daft (2)
I--
1.335
2,130
3,478
Lai Chi Kok Hospital
2.681
2,362
5,028
372. Details of the work done during the year are shown in Table 37.
TABLE 37
WORK OF THE RADIODIAGNOSTIC BRANCHI- 1962
Branch Departments
Hong Kong
Queen Mary Hospital
Sai Ying Pun Pulyclinic
General Section
Chest Section
Kowloon Hospital
greatly facilitate the work of the surgeons and radiotherapists in pro- cedures such as the pinning of fractures, the removal of calculi and the introduction of radium needles and tubes or of radiogold grains. With the facility, such operations can now be performed with only minimal interruption as there is no necessity to wait for films to be taken and developed. As a result of the speeding up of these operations, the conges- tion in the operating theatres has been relieved and the turnover of certain categories of beds in the two hospitals has been increased,
Radiotherapy Branch
375. Facilities for deep X-ray, telecobalt, radium and radioisotope therapy, and also for diagnosis using radioisotopes, are provided at the Queen Mary Hospital, which is the headquarters of this branch. It also operates a service, mainly for superficial and contact X-ray therapy, at the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club Clinic, Sai Ying Pun.
376. Due to the shortage of beds at the Queen Mary Hospital, hostel accommodation has been provided at the Oxfam Hostel. Victoria Road, for some of the poorer patients receiving radiotherapy at the Queen Mary Hospital who live some distance away from the hospital. This Hostel is run by the Catholic Social Welfare Organization, Caritas, but free transportation between the Hostel and the Queen Mary Hospital is provided by the Government.
377. A comparison of the work done during 1961 and 1962 is shown in Table 38.
Castle Peak Hospital Pok Di Hospital Kwong Wah Hospital
2.233
1,413
2,827
TABLE 38
791
649
1.076
WORK OF THE RADIOTHERAPY BRANCH-1961-62
(1888)*
1961
1962
TOTAL:
ИНИ
374,796
521,773
705,537
Number of new patients seen
. ..
1.504
1.564
Number of new diseases diagnosed
1,509
1,564
* Not included to the tou).
373. The total number of examinations performed showed an increase of 15% over those performed during the previous year, while the total number of individuals examined showed an increase of approx- imately 73.5%. This very large increase was in most part due to a mass chest X-ray survey of illegal immigrants during the summer of 1962.
374. New equipment received during the year included two Siemens" mobile image intensifier units. One is now in routine use at the Queen Mary Hospital and the other at the Kowloon Hospital. These units
84
Number of cases of malignant disease treated Number of cases of new malignant disease treated Attendances for X- and gammu-ray treatment Courses of radioisotope therapy given Radium or radiocobalt applications Patient attendances at Radiotherapy Clinics Biopasies performed
Radioiodine tracer studies:
Thyroid function tests Topographical surgery
*S
Number of new cases of malignancy seen
1,079
1,089
Number of patients treated
1,501
1.792
Number of new cases treated
1,105
1.236
7,193
1,366
888
935
42.475
46,343
179
291
183
199
17.228
17,806
LLL
796
727
272
479
18
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