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

  • Hong Kong. Medical Department.
Date:
[1962]
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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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    immunization campaigns. The two ‘floating clinics’ donated by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club and the Flying Doctor service combined curative treatment with advice on environmental hygiene and the preven¬ tion of disease during visits to isolated coastal and inland villages. IV. THE WORK OF THE MEDICAL DIVISION 260. The demands on the clinic and hospital services provided by Government continued to increase during the year. The point has been reached where these demands are barely contained by exploiting succes¬ sive ad hoc arrangements and any delay in the implementation of hospital and clinic development plans will inevitably reproduce soon the grave situation experienced five years ago. The steady influx of immigrants with few or no resources who have yet to establish them¬ selves in the community throw a heavy demand on the low cost general ward and clinic services. Assuming an annual influx of only 50,000 new residents and a natural increase of 90,000, the net annual gain in beds, doctors and clinics required to maintain existing ratios of provision is 438 beds, forty six doctors and one major urban clinic respectively. This does not take into account the service to temporary residents who come in specifically for medical treatment. 261. Figures I and II below indicate the outpatient attendances, the provision of beds and the admissions to Government institutions during the five year period 1957 to 1961: FIGURE I OUT-PATIENT ATTENDANCES AT GOVERNMENT CLINICS 1957-1961 New cases Repeat attendances 6,000,000