Kowloon West Cluster () is the largest among all seven hospital clusters managed by

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. It consists of five

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and 16 general outpatient clinics to provide public healthcare services for the population of

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and North Lantau. In mid-2012, the population was 1,887,600. The current Cluster Chief Executive is Dr Doris Tse Man-wah.

Services

Kowloon West Cluster operates the following five 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 Wong Tai Sin, Mong Kok, Sham Shui Po, Kwai Tsing, Tsuen Wan and North Lantau. In mid-2012, the population of the areas was 1,887,600. *

Caritas Medical Centre Caritas Medical Centre () is a district general hospital in So Uk, Cheung Sha Wan, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the major hospital in Sham Shui Po District and co-managed by the Hospital Authority and Caritas Hong Kong. History Caritas Medic ...

Kwai Chung Hospital 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, ...

North Lantau Hospital North Lantau Hospital () is a public hospital in central Tung Chung, on Hong Kong Lantau Island. It was completed in late 2012 and began services on 24 September 2013. The hospital has a 24-hour accident and emergency service, and various ...

* Princess Margaret Hospital *

Yan Chai Hospital Yan Chai Hospital () is a Charitable hospital has under the Kowloon West Cluster of the Hospital Authority, providing acute and extended care services to the Tsuen Wan community and its neighbouring areas. The hospital was founded by the Yan Ch ...

In addition to the specialist outpatient clinics in all the eight hospitals, Kowloon West Cluster operates three other specialist outpatient clinics: *East Kowloon Polyclinic *Ha Kwai Chung Outpatient Clinic *Yau Ma Tei Specialist Clinic Extension Kowloon West Cluster also operates 16 general outpatient clinics: *Caritas Medical Centre Family Medicine Clinic *Cheung Sha Wan Jockey Club General Outpatient Clinic *East Kowloon General Outpatient Clinic *Ha Kwai Chung General Outpatient Clinic *Kwong Wah Hospital General Outpatient Clinic *Lady Trench General Outpatient Clinic *Li Po Chun General Outpatient Clinic *Mrs Wu York Yu General Outpatient Clinic *Mui Wo General Outpatient Clinic *Nam Shan General Outpatient Clinic *North Kwai Chung General Outpatient Clinic *North Lantau Community Health Centre *Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital General Outpatient Clinic *Robert Black General Outpatient Clinic *Shek Kip Mei General Outpatient Clinic *South Kwai Chung Jockey Club General Outpatient Clinic *Tai O Jockey Club General Outpatient Clinic *Tsing Yi Cheung Hong General Outpatient Clinic *Tsing Yi Town General Outpatient Clinic *Wang Tau Hom Jockey Club General Outpatient Clinic *West Kowloon General Outpatient Clinic *Wu York Yu General Outpatient Clinic *Yan Chai Hospital General Outpatient Clinic , the cluster has 6,629 beds, including 4,251 for acute care, 1,298 for convalescent, rehabilitation, infirmary and hospice care, 920 for the mentally ill, and 160 for the mentally handicapped; and served by 14,076 full-time equivalent staff.

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