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specialist training within the medical and dental professions. Its 15 colleges conduct training and examinations to award specialist qualifications to qualifying candidates.
Dentists
Training in dentistry is available at the University of Hong Kong, which enrolled 53 dental students in 2006. During the year, six candidates who completed their dental training outside Hong Kong passed the licensing examination conducted by the Dental Council.
Chinese Medicine Practitioners
Three local universities offer full-time undergraduate degree courses in Chinese medicine. In 2006, 83 full-time local Chinese medicine graduates who passed the licensing examination were registered as Chinese medicine practitioners.
Allied Health Professionals
For allied health professionals, degree programmes in the areas of medical laboratory science, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, optometry and radiography were offered by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, with an enrolment of 35, 61, 44, 37 and 35 students respectively in 2006.
Nurses
The University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University provide basic training of Registered Nurses. The three universities recruited 553 nursing students into their four-year general nursing degree programmes in 2006. Furthermore, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University enrolled 120 nursing students into its three-year higher diploma nursing programme. In addition, the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital Limited provides basic training of Enrolled Nurses. It recruited 83 nursing pupils into its two-year certificate nursing programme. During the year, 21 nurses with professional nursing qualifications obtained outside Hong Kong passed the licensing examinations for Registered Nurses or Enrolled Nurses conducted by the Nursing Council of Hong Kong. The Hospital Authority provides basic training of Registered Nurses through its three-year higher diploma programme at the School of Nursing at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. A total of 105 Registered Nurses graduated from this course in 2006. During the year, the school also recruited 220 pupil nurses in two intakes into its two-year enrolled nurse training programme specifically designed for the welfare sector.
Laboratory Services
Government Laboratory
The Government Laboratory offers a comprehensive range of analytical and advisory services to support the Government in upholding its various commitments in the protection of public health. In the financial year 2005-06, $79.1 million were spent for the Government Laboratory to provide analytical services for public health purposes.
In 2006, 112 421 tests on a wide range of food samples were carried out for surveillance and for verifying compliance with the statutory standards. Increasing
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