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256. At the Ho Tung Clinic there are a few beds available for general in-patients, primarily for members of the Police Force, and 189 patients were admitted during the year.

(r) Ambulance Service.

257. The Medical Department provides the ambulance service for the Colony with the exception of accidents and street emergencies which are dealt with by the Fire Brigade. Other ambulance services are also provided by the St. John Ambulance Brigade and the Tung Wah Hospitals group.

258. Table 32 shows the work done by the Medical Department ambulances during the year.

TABLE 32.

Annual record consumption of Petrol, Oil, Mileage and calls for all Medical Department Ambulances.

Chest Bones

Abdomen

TABLE 33.

Work done in the X-ray Department.

Examinations made

Queen Mary Hospital

Kowloon Hospital

59,153

19,204

5,104

5,114

1,522

614

Intravenous Pyelography

214

50

Barium Meal

679

294

Hysterosalpingogram

110

2

Cholecystogram

58

29

Cystogram

16

10

Retrograde Pyelogram

31

4

Bronchogram

30

Arteriogram

1

404

610

Place

Annusl mileage

Annual petrol in gallon

Annual

Oil in gallon

Annual calle

Remarks

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Hongkong

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58,080

6.276

71

5,719

6,985 tient

Dental Ventriculogram Cholangiogram Encephalogram

Peripheral Angiogram

Cerebral Angiogram

Myelogram

Flouroscopic Examination

Kowloon

91,696

10,788

463

8.494

14,796 L

Urethrogram

Sinogram

Total:

Etern

144.776

16,082

1771

14.213

21,781

11

Pelvimetry

Cardioscopic Examination

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X-Ray Department.

259. The work in the X-ray Department continued to increase, as was only to be expected, in view of the great increase in in-patient and out-patient demands on the medical service.

260. 67,833 cases were seen at the Queen Mary Hospital as compared with 58,629 in 1949. Similar figures for Kowloon Hospital were 25,737 and 15,831. Most of the increase în examinations made was in chest films.

261. Table 33 gives a summary of the work done during 1950.

15′′ x 12′′

12" x 10"

10" X 6" X

ли

7" X

5"

Dental

54

"

1 14

140

104

12

15

Total:

67,833

25,737

Filme expended

Mass Miniature

38,111

3,871

18,788

5,836

14,077

4,878

1,855

3,249

7,225

4,130

1,406

678

1,324

840

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