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the Military Hospital in Bowen Road, which I scarcely left until we moved to Kowloon in March 1945.
8-25 DECEMBER, 1941
During hostilities eleven hospitals on the Island received casualties. These were:
Military Hospital, Bowen Road.
St. Albert's Convent
St. Stephen's College, Stanley.
Stanley Prison Hospital
Hongkong Hotel.
Matilda Hospital,
The Peak.
Indian Military Hospital, Tung Wah East.
Royal Naval Hospital.
Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam.
University Hospital, University Buildings.
War Memorial Hospital, The Peak.
The Indian Hospital was responsible mainly for Indian casualties, but like all other hospitals, service and civil alike, admitted any casualties which occurred nearby. The hospital in Bowen Road acted as a Casualty Clearing Station during hostilities, a role which though foreseen was forced upon us very early by shell fire and aerial bomb hits which caused casualties among the staff, destroyed the kitchen and damaged the structure to such an extent that it became unsafe to use the two top floors as wards. After surgical treatment patients, when fit to move, were transferred to other hospitals thought to be a little safer, and to emergency accommodation opened elsewhere such as the Hong Kong Hotel where they were nursed on mattresses laid on the ballroom floor. The main approach road to Bowen Road, Borrett Road, was soon damaged by shell fire and for a time ambulance cars could not reach the hospital at all. Casualties then had to be carried on stretchers by our staff over long stretches of slippery, wet, and steep slopes of mud.
The basement operating theatres and X-ray room in the hospital proved to be a great success, and early and effective surgery was carried out successfully. The occupation of Kowloon by the Japanese, complete by 18 December, cut off our sources of supply of anaesthetic gases, mains water, and electricity. We then used our generators to supply light and power and drew water from our reservoir. One of our wards had been made gas-proof but neither
CAPTIVE SURGEON IN HONG KONG
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the Military Hospital in Bowen Road, which I scarcely left until we moved to Kowloon in March 1945.
8-25 DECEMBER, 1941
During hostilities eleven hospitals on the Island received casual-
ties. These were:
Military Hospital, Bowen Road.
St. Albert's Convent
St. Stephen's College. Stanley.
Stanley Prison Hospital
Hongkong Hotel.
Matilda Hospital,
The Peak.
Indian Military Hospital, Tung Wah East. Royal Naval Hospital. Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam.
University Hospital, University Buildings. War Memorial Hospital, The Peak.
The Indian Hospital was responsible mainly for Indian casual- ties, but like all other hospitals, service and civil alike, admitted any casualties which occurred nearby. The hospital in Bowen Road acted as a Casualty Clearing Station during hostilities, a role which though foreseen was forced upon us very early by shell fire and aerial bomb hits which caused casualities among the staff, destroyed the kitchen and damaged the structure to such an extent that it became unsafe to use the two top floors as wards. After surgical treatment patients, when fit to move, were transferred to other hospitals thought to be a little safer, and to emergency accommoda- tion opened elsewhere such as the Hong Kong Hotel where they were nursed on mattresses laid on the ballroom floor. The main approach road to Bowen Road, Borrett Road, was soon damaged by shell fire and for a time ambulance cars could not reach the hospital at all. Casualties then had to be carried on stretchers by our staff over long stretches of slippery wet and steep slopes of mud.
The basement operating theatres and X-ray room in the hospital proved to be a great success, and early and effective surgery was carried out successfully. The occupation of Kowloon by the Japanese, complete by 18 December, cut off our sources of supply of anaesthetic gases, mains water and electricity. We then used our generators to supply light and power and drew water from our reservoir. One of our wards had been made gas-proof but neither
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