NO, OF HOSPITAL BEDS
IN 1,000's
18
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16
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12
9
2
FIGURE 11
HOSPITAL BEDS 1964 - 1973
~18
THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL
124.
Built in 1937, the Queen Mary Hospital is the main acute and specialist centre for the Island, and also the teaching hospital for the medical faculty of the University of Hong Kong. Clinical supervision is provided partly by the University's clinical departments, and partly by government specialist units. The workload at the casualty section continued to increase, attendances rising by 6 per cent over those of the previous year. The number of admissions has also increased by per cent over that of the previous year.
A new pathology building consisting of a new mortuary, a virus laboratory and clinical pathology services, and a new clinical building to cater for an increased intake of medical students are now fully functioning. The bed complement of the hospital is 1,150.
TOTAL
-16
125.
14
GOVERNMENT
H12
10
GOVERNMENT- ASSISTED
127.
6
128.
PRIVATE
2
THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL
126.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the largest acute general hospital in the Colony, serves the population of Kowloon and the New Territories, and provides all kinds of emergency and specialist care.
The Hospital worked under very heavy pressure. Last year, the total mumber of admission was 115,418, whereas cases attended to in the specialist out-patient department amounted to 410,841.
In the Casualty Department 213,327 cases were seen showing an increase of 10.7 per cent compared with that of the previous year. Of these attendances 28.4 per cent were due to trawna » A total of 40.4 per cent of all cases attended to in this section required immediate admission to hospital. The average length of stay in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital was 5.5 days per patient. However, some patients were transferred to the Kowloon, the Lai Chi Kok and the Pok Oi Hospitals for further treatment of the sub-acute phase of their illness or convalescent care,
The pressure from the number of admissions made it necessary to increase the bed complement from the normal capacity of 1.596 to 1,898. Despite this, an additional 150 camp beds had to be provided constantly in order to cope with the increasing demand.
130.
THE KOWLOON HOSPITAL
This hospital serves partly as a subsidiary centre for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and partly as a centre for chest diseases requiring both medical and surgical treatment. It has an acute psychiatric ward, and a Spinal Injuries Unit.
131.
The total bed complement of the hospital now stands at 832 including an acute psychiatric unit of 67 beds, a Spinal Injuries Unit of 30 beds, 209 beds for thoracic diseases, and 506 convalescent beds for patients from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. In June 1973, the West Wing became fully operational when the last two wards were opened.
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
129.
YEAR
92
33
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