Hong Kong Children's Hospital () is the first children hospital in Hong Kong's public healthcare system, located in
Kowloon City
Kowloon City is an neighbourhood, area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is part of Kowloon City District.
Compared with the council area of Kowloon City District, the Kowloon City area is
History
As early as in the Qin dynasty (221 BCE ...
,
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
. Located at the south apron of the former
Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. Officially known as Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998, it is often referred to as Hong Kong International Airport, Kai Tak, or simply Ka ...
, the hospital has 468 beds for inpatients and day-patients, providing mainly tertiary services for complex and rare paediatric cases. Funded by the Hong Kong Government, construction of the HK$13 billion hospital began in August 2013. The hospital treats patients with a referral up to 19 years of age.
The hospital first focuses on cancer and kidney diseases in the first phase of operation in December 2018.
Services currently available include oncology and haematology, nephrology, metabolic medicine, intensive care, paediatric surgery, pathology, anaesthesia, radiology, pharmacy and allied health services. Other clinical services will commence gradually.
History
The hospital, originally named the Centre of Excellence in Paediatrics, was first announced in the 2007 policy address given by
Donald Tsang
Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (; born 7 October 1944) is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012.
Tsang joined the colonial civil service as an Executive Officer in 1967, occupyi ...
, the former
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong. The position was created to replace the office of governor of ...
. The site chosen for the hospital used to be the headquarters of the
Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
The Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force (RHKAAF) was a Hong Kong Government department based in Hong Kong. It was formed as an air force in 1949 as part of the Hong Kong Defence Force. In preparation for the transfer of sovereignty from the Uni ...
.
A design-and-build contract for the new hospital was awarded in July 2013 to a joint venture comprising Chinese state-owned contractor
China State and Hong Kong firm Shui On Construction. The structural engineer was Meinhardt while the building services engineer was J. Roger Preston Limited.
The architect was Simon Kwan and Associates. Construction began in August 2013.
In February 2014, the hospital was officially renamed Hong Kong Children's Hospital.
It opened on 18 December 2018, initially offering paediatric haematology and oncology ward, paediatric intensive care unit and operating theatre services.
The first inpatient services commenced on 27 March 2019, namely: the paediatric haematology and oncology ward, paediatric intensive care unit and operating theatre services.
Transport
Green Minibus
* Route 86 to
Telford Plaza
Telford () is a town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about east of Shrewsbury, south west of Stafford, north west of Wolverhampton and from Birmingham in the same direction. With an esti ...
in Kowloon Bay
* Route 90A to Yai Lai Estate in
Yau Tong
Yau Tong () is an area of Hong Kong, located in the southeastern end of Kowloon, between Lei Yue Mun and Lam Tin, at the east shore of Victoria Harbour, west of Tseung Kwan O. Administratively, it is part of Kwun Tong District, the most densely ...
* Route 90B to
Sau Mau Ping
Bus
* KMB Route 5R to Kwun Tong via Ngau Tau Kok
* Citybus Route 22 to
Festival Walk
Festival Walk is a shopping centre in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong developed jointly by Swire Properties and CITIC Pacific between 1993 and 1998. At the time of its opening in November 1998, it was the biggest shopping mall in Hong Kong. Festiv ...
in Kowloon Tong
* Citybus Route 22M to Prince Edward Road East in
Kowloon City
Kowloon City is an neighbourhood, area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is part of Kowloon City District.
Compared with the council area of Kowloon City District, the Kowloon City area is
History
As early as in the Qin dynasty (221 BCE ...
.
Rehabus Feeder Service
* The Hospital provides Rehabus feeder service for patients in need.
See also
*
The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay
The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay () is a pediatric hospital in Sandy Bay on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong.
The hospital is currently the only specialist pediatric hospital in Hong Kong. Founded in 1955 by the Society for ...
– another Hong Kong paediatric specialist hospital
References
External links
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{{Hospitals in Hong Kong
2018 establishments in Hong Kong
Children's hospitals in Hong Kong
Hospitals in Hong Kong
Kowloon City District