Kwai Chung Hospital

Hospital in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong

22°20′30″N 114°08′04″E / 22.34163°N 114.13448°E / 22.34163; 114.13448OrganisationFundingPublic hospitalTypeSpecialistAffiliated universityUniversity of Hong Kong, Open University of Hong Kong, Chinese University Hong KongNetworkKowloon West ClusterServicesEmergency departmentNo, Accident and Emergency at Princess Margaret HospitalBeds920SpecialityPsychiatryHelipadNoHistoryOpened15 October 1981; 42 years ago (1981-10-15)LinksWebsitewww.ha.org.hk/kchListsHospitals in Hong Kong

Kwai Chung Hospital

Traditional Chinese

葵涌醫院

Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Kwàih chūng yī yún
Jyutping	Kwai4 cung1 ji1 jyun2

Kwai Chung Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, located near Princess Margaret Hospital. Officially opened on 15 October 1981, the hospital currently provides 920 psychiatric beds, serving the population of Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan, Tung Chung, North Lantau and part of Kowloon.^[1]

Apart from in-patient psychiatric services for adult psychiatric patients, it also develops psychiatric specialty services which include Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services, Psychogeriatric Services, Community Psychiatry, Consultation Liaison Services, Substance Abuse Assessment Unit and Psychiatric Unit for Learning Disabilities.

The hospital also provides out-patient department and day hospital services for psychiatric patients at West Kowloon Psychiatric Centre and East Kowloon Psychiatric Centre.

The hospital is reachable by Lai King Hill Road.

History

Kwai Chung Hospital began its operations in November 1980 and was officially opened on 15 October 1981 by the Hong Kong Governor, Murray MacLehose.^[2]

References

^ "Hospital Introduction". Hong Kong: Kwai Chung Hospital. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
^ "'Milestone in field of mental health'". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 16 October 1981. p. 15.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kwai Chung Hospital.

Official website

Hospitals in Hong Kong

Hospital
Authority

Hong Kong East Cluster	Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital Ruttonjee Hospital St. John Hospital Tang Shiu Kin Hospital Tung Wah Eastern Hospital Wong Chuk Hang Hospital
Hong Kong West Cluster	Grantham Hospital MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre Queen Mary Hospital The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay Tsan Yuk Hospital Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Fung Yiu King Hospital Tung Wah Hospital
Kowloon Central Cluster	Centre of Excellence in Neuroscience Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital Hong Kong Children's Hospital Hong Kong Eye Hospital Kai Tak Hospital Kowloon Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Kowloon East Cluster	United Christian Hospital Tseung Kwan O Hospital Haven of Hope Hospital
Kowloon West Cluster	Caritas Medical Centre Kwai Chung Hospital Kwong Wah Hospital North Lantau Hospital Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital Princess Margaret Hospital Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Tai Sin Hospital Yan Chai Hospital
New Territories East Cluster	Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital Bradbury Hospice Cheshire Home, Shatin North District Hospital Prince of Wales Hospital Shatin Hospital Tai Po Hospital
New Territories West Cluster	Castle Peak Hospital Pok Oi Hospital Siu Lam Hospital Tin Shui Wai Hospital Tuen Mun Hospital

Private

Hong Kong Island	Canossa Hospital Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Stubbs Road Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital Matilda International Hospital St. Paul's Hospital
Kowloon	Evangel Hospital St. Teresa's Hospital
New Kowloon	Hong Kong Baptist Hospital Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas)
New Territories	CUHK Medical Centre Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Tsuen Wan Union Hospital