Annual report of the Medical Department / North Borneo.

  • North Borneo. Medical Department.
Date:
[1950]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / North Borneo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3. Town planning and rebuilding of war damaged areas continued and progress was made in some of the smaller towns, notably, Kota Belud and Tuaran where a 40 bedded hospital and a dispensary were completed respectively. No advance was made in the building of modern hospitals in Sandakan and Nesselton. These hospitals are urgently required more especially for the training . . t ,y ' of dressers, nursing staff, and midwives. 4. The medical supplies were sufficient for the needs of the Colony and two X-Ray sets were despatched at the end of the year from the United Kingdom. Jesselton, Sandakan and. Labuan will now have these d iagnostic facilities. These should be of great assistance in :S*a4iUTo tuberculosis work which it is hoped to commence in the future. 5. Kota Belud reported an influenza epidemic with 123 deaths. Another epidemic of dysentery was also reported from this area* One case of smallpox imported from the Celebes 3. j was recorded from Tawau. 6. Three UNICEF Sisters arrived in the middle of the year and have been of inestimable value in the training of • ’ • t . • r -.. • • i dressers, nurses and midwives and also in public health and village health work. The UNICEF free milk distribution and Yaws campaign was put into action and greatly augmented the previous scheme which was introduced post war. 7. The Red Cross continued to provide great help to 3 this department and it was through their good offices that the maternity and child welfare centre in Sandakan was able to have the services of a highly trained sister. The increasing attendances at these centres is an ample indication of the public's appreciation of these institutions. A*