Annual departmental report by the Director of Medical and Health Services / Hong Kong.

  • Hong Kong. Medical Department.
Date:
[1964]
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Credit: Annual departmental report by the Director of Medical and Health Services / Hong Kong. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    50. Of 345 nurses applying for registration in the general nursing part of the Register, 344 were accepted of whom 316 were from the approved Training Schools in the Colony and 28 were nurses who had trained outside Hong Kong. Some of the latter were required to sit and pass the Board’s examination before registration and others were referred for further training. The remaining one application was rejected. One nurse, whose registration had lapsed due to absence from the Colony, was re-admitted to the Register. One name was deleted from the Register on account of death. 51. Thirteen candidates who passed the Final Examination in Psy¬ chiatric Nursing were registered. 52. No disciplinary investigations or inquiries took place during the year. Midwives Board 53. The Board met quarterly and examinations were held during the months of April, July, October and January. A total of 252 candidates entered for the Board’s examinations, of whom 235 were successful. 54. There were 243 applications for registration and 234 were accepted; 227 of the applicants had completed their training in Hong Kong and 7, who qualified outside Hong Kong, were accepted without further examina¬ tion. Of the remaining 9, one was rejected and the others, who had com¬ pleted Part I of the Central Midwives Board examination held in the United Kingdom, were required to undergo six months further training before sitting the Board’s examination. Three names were deleted from the Register on account of death. 55. No disciplinary investigations or inquiries took place during the year. Radiation Board 56. Two meetings were held to consider draft Radiation (Control of Radioactive Substances) Regulations and Radiation (Control of Irradiating Apparatus) Regulations. Drafting of the Regulations was still progress at the end of the year. Medical Advisory Board 57. The Board met three times during the year. Consideration was given to the Heaf-Fox Report, the Report on Tuberculosis Research prepared by experts from the Medical Research Council of the United