Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital () is a Roman Catholic

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History

Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital was founded by the

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and officially opened by D. J. M. Mackenzie, Director of Medical and Health Services, on 11 December 1961. It became a public hospital in 1991.

Services

, the hospital has 236 beds and around 721 members of staff. For the year ended 31 March 2013, it has treated 10,290 inpatients and day-patients, 67,350 specialist outpatients, and 415,159 general outpatients.

References

External links

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Web page at the Hospital Authority website
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