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New Territories. Additionally, ophthalmic surgery is performed in two government hospitals in which 31 beds are reserved for ophthalmic cases. The staff of the Ophthalmic Service also deal with ophthalmic emergencies at three casualty departments situated at the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth and Kwong Wah Hospitals.
TRAINING
The degrees of MB, BS, conferred by the University of Hong Kong, have been recognised for registration by the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom since 1911. During recent years the Medical Faculty has expanded to meet the increasing needs of the Colony for doctors. Post-graduate clinical training is available and the Government maintains a programme for the training of its doctors for post-graduate qualifications. Suitable candidates, when selected, are given training under the supervision of the clinical specialists for 'a' period of about four years. A local officer who has completed four years continuous resident service and has been con- firmed to the pensionable establishment, may be granted paid study leave to attend a course outside the Colony.
Hong Kong has no local facilities for training in dentistry, but a government dental scholarship scheme enables a number of students from Hong Kong to go overseas each year to study dentistry. This scheme commenced in 1954 and 85 scholarships have since been awarded.
There are three government hospital schools of nursing, two in general nursing and one in psychiatric nursing. Training at govern- ment schools and at the Caritas Hospital school is in English, but there are also approved schools at Tung Wah Hospital, the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital and the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, where instruction is in Cantonese. Examinations are held by the Hong Kong Nursing Board and there is full reciprocity of registration between the Hong Kong Board and the General Nursing Council of England and Wales.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (and to a limited extent other approved hospitals) has one-year courses in obstetric nursing for registered nurses with tuition in English. These courses qualify the entrants to sit for the Hong Kong Midwives Board examination. The Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital runs two-year obstetric courses in Cantonese for student midwives who are not trained nurses. These courses are also accepted by the board for entry into its examinations. Due to the limited scope of domiciliary midwifery, adequate practical
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