HONG KONG MEDICAL FACILITIES

HONGKONG

WEST CLUSTER QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL Queen Mary Hospital, located in Pok Fu Lam on Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong, is the flagship teaching hospital of the Faculty of Dentistry and Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. It has around 1,400 beds. It provides general medical and surgical services to the residents of Western and Southern districts and is a tertiary referral centre for the whole territory of Hong Kong and beyond. Address: 102 Pokfulam Road, HK Tel: 2255 3838 Fax: 2817 5496 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www3.ha.org.hk/qmh/index.htm

 HONG KONG EAST CLUSTER PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital is a public acute care hospital in Hong Kong. The hospital opened in 1993 with 1829 beds and staff of over 3000. It replaced the original Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Mid-Levels in Hong Kong Island and moved to Chai Wan. Assigned to the Hong Kong eastern hospital cluster and replaced the other Nethersole hospital, which relocated to the . It is affiliated with the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, providing clinical attachment opportunities for its medical students. Address: 3 Lok Man Road, Chai Wan, HK Tel: 2595 6111 Fax: 2515 0794 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.ha.org.hk/pyneh

CENTRAL CLUSTER QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL Queen Elizabeth Hospital, QE or QEH in short, is a hospital at King's Park in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was named after Queen Elizabeth II. The hospital is a major hospital in southern Kowloon. This hospital has around 1,800 beds. It has more or less 350 physicians and surgeons. The total number of nurses is approximately 1,000. The hospital was once the largest general hospital in the Commonwealth. Address: 30 Gascoigne Road, KLN Tel: 3506 8888 Fax: 3506 8951 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.ha.org.hk/qeh

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HONGKONG

 KOWLOON WEST CLUSTER PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL Princess Margaret Hospital or PMH is a major acute general hospital in south Kwai Chung, near Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong, managed by the . It provides services for patients from Lai Chi Kok, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan and Tung Chung Districts. Although it is not the main teaching hospital of the two medical faculties in Hong Kong, it provides tertiary specialist services in urology and nephrology and has been widely regarded by Hong Kong people as the best specialist hospital in kidney related services and research. Address: 2-10 Princess Margaret Hospital Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon Tel: 2990 1111 Fax: 2786 3629 E-mail: [email protected]

 KOWLOON EAST CLUSTER UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL United Christian Hospital is an acute care hospital in Kwun Tong of New Kowloon in Hong Kong, operated by the Hospital Authority. The hospital has 1,174 beds and staff of 3,000, serving East Kowloon in Hong Kong. Founded in 1973, it has links to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital via the Hong Kong Christian Council. The hospital's first chief medical superintendent was Dr. Edward Hamilton Paterson. Address: 130 Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, KLN Tel: 2379 9611 Fax: 2772 7098 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.uch.org.hk

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HONGKONG

 NEW TERRITORIES EAST CLUSTER Prince of Wales Hospital is a regional acute public hospital located in Sha Tin, New Territories in Hong Kong. It is also a teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Officially opened in 1984 and named after Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince of Wales Hospital now provides approximately 1,478 hospital beds and 24 hours accident and emergency service with about 4,470 staff. It is also the regional hospital responsible for the Eastern New Territories serving Shatin, Tai Po, North New Territories, Sai Kung and the outlying islands in East New Territories. The hospital is supported by the Li Ka-shing Specialist Clinics for specialty outpatient services. The Hospital Governing Committee is the ultimate decision- making authority of the hospital. The current chief executive of the Hospital is Dr. Chi-Tim Hung. Address 30-32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, NT Tel. 2632 2211 Fax 2637 8244 E-mail [email protected] Website http://www3.ha.org.hk/pwh/index.htm

 NEW TERRITORIES WEST CLUSTER Tuen Mun Hospital is a public hospital with a 24-hour casualty unit [clarification needed] situated in northern Tuen Mun in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Construction began in 1979, and was opened on 8 March 1990. It is managed by the Hospital Authority, and is grouped under the New Territories West Cluster. During the Manila hostage crisis in August 2010, the Hong Kong casualties who had survived were brought to this hospital to be treated. Address: 23 Tsing Chung Koon Road, Tuen Mun, NT Tel. 2468 5111 Fax 2455 1911 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.ha.org.hk/tmh/ch/inndex.asp

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