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Hospital in Kowloon, and the School of Psychiatric Nursing at Castle Peak Hospital. In addition to these two schools, where training is carried out in English, there are approved schools of nursing at the Tung Wah Hospitals, the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital and the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, in all of which the medium of instruction is Cantonese. The examinations are held by the Hong Kong Nursing Board. There is full reciprocity of registration between the Nursing Board in Hong Kong and the General Nursing Council of England and Wales, and each year a number of qualified general nurses go overseas to gain further experience in different aspects of their profession. Midwives. The great majority of female nurses on completion of their general nursing training take a midwifery course of one year, which qualifies them for entry to the examinations held by the Hong Kong Midwives Board. The course is conducted in English at Government hospitals, and in Cantonese at the other approved schools. For student midwives who are not registered nurses a two-year course of training at the Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital is accepted by the Midwives Board for entry to the examinations. Training is in Cantonese. Due to the limited scope of domiciliary midwifery, adequate practical training in this aspect cannot be given. Full reciprocity of registration with the Central Midwives Board of England and Wales is therefore not possible in present circumstances.
Health Visitors and Health Inspectors. The examination board in Hong Kong of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health conducts examinations for the health visitor's certificate, the public health inspector's certificate, and the tropical hygiene certificate. A course for the health visitor's certificate is conducted by the Medical and Health Department, while training for the public health inspector's certificate and the tropical hygiene certificate is carried out within the Urban Services Department. Examinations for the meat and other foods certificate and the advanced sanitation certificate of the society are not held in Hong Kong and candidates for these additional qualifications normally undergo training in the United Kingdom.
Radiographers are trained by the radiological service of the Medical and Health Department for the examinations leading to
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