121. The original estimate of the building cost in 1967 was $2.6 million. Sir Shiu-kin TANG, CBE, LL.D., J.P. generously donated $1.3 million towards the project. However, the estimate of the building cost was later revised to $2 million and Sir Shiu-kin TANG agreed to transfer the saving of $300.000 from the original donation of $1.3 million to the Lady Trench Day Nursery and Training Centre of the Social Welfare Department. The Hong Kong Government paid the remainder of the capital cost and is responsible for recurrent expenses.
122. This hospital is equipped with a casualty department and casualty wards for 40 patients. It has a general outpatient department, a maternal and child health centre, a 36-bed maternity ward, a social hygiene clinic and a skin clinic.
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The hospital also contains the head office of the Maternal and Child Health Services and a training school for Health Visitors and Health Auxiliaries. Quarters are available in the hospital for medical and nursing staff. Since its opening the hospital has been playing a useful role in providing casualty and emergency services for the eastern part of the Island.
OTHER GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS
124. Other hospitals maintained by Government are the St. John Hospital, serving the Island of Cheung Chau and neighbouring islands of the western sea board, the South Lantau Hospital, serving the villages on the south-west coast of Lantau Island, and six hospitals within prison compounds at Stanley Prison, Victoria Prison, Tai Lam Centre for Women, Tai Lam Prison for convicted drug addicts, Tong Fuk Prison and Chi Ma Wan Prison.
OUT-PATIENT SERVICES
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125. Pressure remained heavy throughout the year on all 43 general out-patient clinics and also on most specialized ones. Trends during the past 10 years are shown in Figure 12.
126. New facilities which became available during the year are detailed in paragraphs 185 to 186 of this report.
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127. In addition to general out-patient service, regular out-patient sessions were maintained at a number of clinics by staff of specialized units. Evening and public holiday out-patient sessions continued to be held at 10 clinics in the more densely populated areas. The more remote areas of the New Territories continued to be served by two mobile dispensaries and the 'floating clinics', while the 'flying doctor' service to more isolated and inaccessible villages was maintained.
SPECIALIST SERVICES
128. There are Government Specialist Clinical Units in 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. A number of Government Specialists act as Honorary Consultants to the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and others serve as part-time lecturers in the University clinical departments.
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