Tung Wah Hospital
| Tung Wah Hospital | |
|---|---|
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong | |
| Network | Hong Kong West Cluster |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident and Emergency at Queen Mary Hospital |
| Beds | 633 |
| History | |
| Opened | 26 March 1870 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Hong Kong |
| Designated | 18 December 2009[1] |
| Reference no. | 183 |
| Tung Wah Hospital | |
|---|---|
Hanyu Pinyin | Dōnghuá Yīyuàn |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Dūng wàh yī yún |
| Jyutping | Dung1 waa4 ji1 jyun6*2 |
Tung Wah Hospital is a
Colonial Hong Kong
for the general public in the 1870s.
History
The hospital was declared for construction on 26 March 1870 under the "Tung Wah Hospital Incorporation Ordinance". The push for the construction of the facility began when the
western medicine and other practices such as surgery. Many Chinese would rather die than be admitted into a western clinic.[4] The government subsequently enacted Ordinance No. 38 known as "1911 Expansion of Tung Wah Hospital Ordinance" in 1911 to deal with the population growth of Kowloon and the New Territories in conjunction with Kwong Wah Hospital.[5]
Background
With 633 beds, including 494 for in-patients, 93 for day patients and 46 rehabilitation day places, it is the second largest general hospital in Hong Kong West Cluster. The Main Block of Tung Wah Hospital is graded as Grade I historic building.[1] It is affiliated with the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, while the University of Hong Kong provide clinical attachment opportunities for its medical students.
See also
- Seaman's Hospital
References
- ^ a b "List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings in Building Assessment" (PDF). Antiquities Advisory Board. Hong Kong. 27 December 2013.
- ^ History of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
- ISBN 962-7283-59-2.
- ISBN 0-231-07933-8.
- ^ "Hospital History". Retrieved 17 February 2007.
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