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

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. It consists of three

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

Kwun Tong Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon ...

and part of

Sai Kung Sai Kung may refer to: * Sai Kung Town, or just Sai Kung, a town and administrative area in the Sai Kung District, Hong Kong * Sai Kung Peninsula, a peninsula in Hong Kong * Sai Kung District, an administrative district in Hong Kong, which does no ...

Districts (including

Tseung Kwan O Tseung Kwan O New Town is one of the nine new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on reclaimed land in the northern half of Junk Bay (known as Tseung Kwan O in Chinese/Cantonese language) in southeastern New Territories, after which it is named. ...

). In mid-2012, the population was 1,012,000. The current Cluster Chief Executive is Dr Tom Kam-tim.

Services

Kowloon East Cluster operates the following three 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 Kwun Tong and part of Sai Kung Districts (including Tseung Kwan O). In mid-2012, the population of the areas was 1,012,000. *

Haven of Hope Hospital Haven of Hope Hospital (), located in Rennie's Mill, New Territories, Hong Kong, provides subacute medical care, comprehensive rehabilitation and long term care under the auspices of Haven of Hope Christian Service and the Hospital Authority ...

Tseung Kwan O Hospital Tseung Kwan O Hospital (), located in Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, is a district general hospital providing secondary care services for the Sai Kung and Tseung Kwan O communities. The hospital has 667 beds. Services Specialities *24 ho ...

United Christian Hospital United Christian Hospital is an acute district general hospital in Kwun Tong of New Kowloon in Hong Kong, operated by the Hospital Authority. The hospital has 1,174 beds and staff of 3,000, serving eastern Kowloon. Founded in 1973, it has link ...

, the cluster has 2,371 in-patient beds and 6,483 full-time equivalent staff .

References

External links

{{Hospitals in Hong Kong Hospital Authority Kowloon