Tang Shiu Kin Hospital () is a community hospital on

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in Hong Kong. It was opened in 1969 to replace the

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/ref> and other clinics on Hong Kong Island. The hospital merged administratively and operationally with

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in 1998 to form one hospital and is a critical centre for emergency and vehicular accidents. Both names are kept. It was named after its benefactor, the late Sir

Tang Shiu-kin Sir Shiu-kin Tang CBE, KStJ, JP (; 21 March 1901 – 19 June 1986) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 1933, he co-founded Kowloon Motor Bus and is known through the public service institutions he funded and founded in Hong K ...

, Kt, C.B.E., LL.D. O.S.T. (Japan), J.P., KStJ, a famous Hong Kong philanthropist. The

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and the

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had approved a project to remodel the Tang Shiu Kin Hospital into a community

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centre. The remodelling project commenced in December 2002 and the new building was handed over to the hospital management on 1 April 2005. The centre houses a Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic, A&E Training Centre, Family Medicine Training Centre, Integrated Clinic, Staff Clinic, Community Nursing Service, Pharmacy, Integrated Palliative Day Care Centre, Violet Peel General Outpatient Clinic, Wellness in Action and Allied Health Departments including

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and

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. Formerly, some of the departments now parts of TSKH were located in above Wan Chai MTR station, but had been moved to TSKH since the hospital converted into a Community Ambulatory Care Centre, such as the Violet Peel General Out-patient Clinic.

References

External links

Tang Shiu Kin Hospital web page at Hospital Authority website
{{Hospitals in Hong Kong Hospital buildings completed in 1969 Queen's Road East Hospitals in Hong Kong Morrison Hill Hospitals established in 1969 1969 establishments in Hong Kong