Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital () is a public, community hospital with 324 beds in

Lok Fu Lok Fu () is a place in Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located to the east of Kowloon Tsai, the west of Wong Tai Sin and the north of Kowloon City. History The only village in this area in the 19th century was Ta Ku Ling o ...

, Hong Kong, within walking distance of

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. It is under the

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managed by the

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. Hospital Chief Executive is Dr LAU Sze-ting.

History

Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital was found by the

Hong Kong Buddhist Association Hong Kong Buddhist Association () is a Buddhist umbrella organisation in Hong Kong which was founded in 1945. The association has nearly ten thousands individual members including both monastic and laity, and promotes the propagation of Buddhis ...

. It was started building in 1966 and completed in 1970. It was then opened on 12 March 1971 by the Hong Kong Governor,

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. The hospital provided 350 beds and cost HK$14 million, HK$2 million of which was donated by the

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Services

, the hospital had 324 beds and around 370 members of staff. For the year ended 31 March 2013, it had treated 8,631 inpatients and day-patients, 11,464 specialist outpatients, and 45,432 general outpatients.

References

{{Hospitals in Hong Kong Wong Tai Sin District Hospitals in Hong Kong 1971 establishments in Hong Kong Hong Kong Buddhist Association Religious hospitals