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students is carried out, and a small hospital for the treatment of skin and venereal diseases in women and children. Two smaller general hospitals are provided. These are the St John Hospital of 100 beds on Cheung Chau Island and one of 15 beds opened in 1960 in connexion with the Shek Pik water scheme on Lantau Island. In addition small hospitals are maintained in four of the Colony's prisons and maternity beds for normal midwifery are provided in many Government clinics and dispensaries, mainly in the New Territories.
The Tung Wah Hospital Board is an entirely Chinese charitable organization. Founded some 90 years ago it operates a group of four hospitals--the Tung Wah Hospital, the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital and the Sandy Bay Infirmary on Hong Kong Island, and the Kwong Wah Hospital in Kowloon. The board of directors also undertakes responsibility for educational and relief services to the poor and needy of Hong Kong. These hospitals, which receive a large Government subvention, make a valuable contribution to the Colony's medical facilities and are gradually being modernized. The board of directors is at present carrying out a plan to replace in five stages the existing Kwong Wah Hospital by a modern general hospital of 1,270 beds. Work has begun on the fourth stage which includes the construction of medical officers' quarters and completion of the nurses quarters. Planning for the fifth stage is well advanced. Near Yuen Long in the New Territories a long- established Chinese charitable organization operates the Pok Oi Hospital of 118 beds with the assistance of a Government sub- vention. Hospitals maintained by the Hong Kong Anti-Tuber- culosis Association are the Ruttonjee Sanatorium, the Freni Memorial Convalescent Home, and the Grantham Hospital. The latter is a non-profit-making institution which provides accom- modation for fee-paying patients.
A number of general hospitals, varying in size from 70 to 300 beds, are maintained by missionary and other charitable organiza- tions. In addition, the Hei Ling Chau Leprosarium maintained by the Mission to Lepers (Hong Kong Auxiliary) provides accom- modation for 540 leprosy patients. The Haven of Hope Sanatorium is maintained by the Junk Bay Medical Relief Council and has accommodation for 230 tuberculosis patients. Several of these in- stitutions receive substantial financial assistance from Government
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