Tin Shui Wai Hospital () is a public hospital in
Tin Shui Wai
Tin Shui Wai New Town is a satellite town in the northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong. Originally a ' fish pond area, it was developed in the 1980s as the second new town in Yuen Long District and the eighth in Hong Kong. It is due northw ...
, Hong Kong. The 300-bed hospital is part of the
New Territories West Cluster serving the population of
Yuen Long
Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (), Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (), and to the north Nam Sang W ...
and
Tuen Mun
Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more re ...
districts, particularly those in the Tin Shui Wai New Town. It opened in 2017.
History
As the population of Tin Shui Wai continued to grow, the need for a hospital in the area became apparent. Hospital Authority had initially rejected the proposal of constructing a hospital in the area due to limited resources. This led to demonstrations on 25 November 2007, 14 February 2008, and 27 April 2008. In response to the request,
Donald Tsang
Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (; born 7 October 1944) is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012.
Tsang joined the colonial civil service as an Executive Officer in 1967, occupyi ...
, the
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong. The position was created to replace the office of governor of ...
, announced a plan in his policy address to build a hospital in Tin Shui Wai and expected it to be completed by 2015.
Design and construction was carried out by a joint venture between Leighton Holdings and Able Engineering. Construction commenced in February 2013 and was completed in September 2016. It cost HK$3.91 billion.
Initial services, including the specialist out-patient clinic, renal dialysis, allied health, diagnostic radiology, pharmacy and community nursing, began operation on 9 January 2017.
The
accident and emergency department
An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of pati ...
began operating from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm from 15 March 2017.
On 21 March 2018 the A&E services were extended to 12 hours per day (from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm).
The hospital plans to begin providing 24-hour accident and emergency services, as well as inpatient emergency services, from November 2018.
It plans to offer 32 inpatient emergency beds upon commencement.
Services
The hospital provides the following services.
* Accident and emergency (24 hours)
* Allied health
* Clinical pathology laboratories
* Community nursing services
* Diagnostic radiology
* Pharmacy
* Radiology
* Renal dialysis
* Specialist out-patient clinic
** Family medicine
** Orthopaedics and traumatology
Transport
The hospital is an approximately 350-metre walk from
Chung Fu stop of the
Light Rail. It is also accessible by bus and minibus.
References
External links
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{{Hospitals in Hong Kong
Hospitals in Hong Kong
Hospitals established in 2017
2017 establishments in Hong Kong