Kwai Chung Hospital

Kwai Chung Hospital
Hospital Authority
Geography
Location 3-15 Kwai Chung Hospital Road, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°20′30″N 114°08′04″E / 22.34163°N 114.13448°E / 22.34163; 114.13448Coordinates: 22°20′30″N 114°08′04″E / 22.34163°N 114.13448°E / 22.34163; 114.13448
Organisation
Funding Public hospital
Hospital type Specialist
Network Kowloon West Cluster
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency
Helipad No
Beds 920
Speciality Psychiatry
History
Founded October 15, 1981 (1981-10-15)
Links
Website www.ha.org.hk/kch
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Kwai Chung Hospital (Chinese: 葵涌醫院) 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

  1. "Hospital Introduction". Hong Kong: Kwai Chung Hospital. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. "'Milestone in field of mental health'". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 16 October 1981. p. 15.
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