The Kowloon Central Cluster () is one of the seven hospital clusters managed by

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. It consists of four

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s, two institutions and six general outpatient clinics to provide public healthcare services for the population of

Yau Ma Tei Yau Ma Tei is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. Name ''Yau Ma Tei'' is a phonetic transliteration of the name (originally written as ) in Cantonese. It can also be spelt as Yaumatei, ...

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and

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and

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. In mid-2012, the population was 1,103,200. The current Cluster Chief Executive is Albert Lo Chi-yuen.

Services

Kowloon Central Cluster operates the following nine hospitals of various capabilities to provide a range of acute, convalescent, rehabilitation, and infirmary inpatient and ambulatory care services to the public in the areas of Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon City. In mid-2012, the population of the areas was 503,200. * Kai Tak Hospital *

Kwong Wah Hospital Kwong Wah Hospital is a 1,141-bed Charitable district general hospital in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong. Located on 25 Waterloo Road, the hospital was founded by the Tung Wah Group in 1911, and managed by the Hospital Authority since 1991. It provide ...

Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital () is a Roman Catholic hospital at Wong Tai Sin area in New Kowloon of Hong Kong. History Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital was founded by the Maryknoll Sisters __NOTOC__ The Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, or ...

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Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital () is a public, community hospital with 324 beds in Lok Fu, Hong Kong, within walking distance of Lok Fu station. It is under the Kowloon Central Cluster managed by the Hospital Authority. Hospital Chief Executive is ...

Hong Kong Eye Hospital Hong Kong Eye Hospital, located in Kowloon City District, Hong Kong, is a secondary and tertiary eye referral centre, and also the house of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). The h ...

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* Queen Elizabeth Hospital *

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Kowloon Central Cluster also operates the following two institutions: *

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* Rehabaid Centre There are also six general outpatient clinics in the cluster: *Central Kowloon Health Centre *Lee Kee Memorial Dispensary *General outpatient clinic at Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital *Hung Hom Clinic *Shun Tak Fraternal Association Leung Kau Kui Clinic *Yau Ma Tei Jockey Club General Outpatient Clinic , the cluster has 3,547 beds, including 3,004 for acute, convalescent and rehabilitation care, 118 for infirmary care and 425 for psychiatric care; and served by 8,898 full-time equivalent staff.

References

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* {{Hospitals in Hong Kong Hospital Authority