Hong Kong Children's Hospital

Hong Kong Children's Hospital
Hospital Authority
Pictured in 2018
Geography
Location Kai Tak Development Area, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°18′56″N 114°12′32″E / 22.3155°N 114.2088°E / 22.3155; 114.2088Coordinates: 22°18′56″N 114°12′32″E / 22.3155°N 114.2088°E / 22.3155; 114.2088
Organisation
Funding Government hospital
Hospital type Specialist
Affiliated university Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
Network Kowloon Central Cluster
Services
Emergency department No, Accident and Emergency at Queen Elisabeth Hospital or Kai Tak Hospital
Beds 468
Speciality Paediatrics
Helipad No
History
Founded Under construction
Links
Website www.ha.org.hk/hkch/
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Hong Kong Children's Hospital (Chinese: 香港兒童醫院; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng Yìhtùhng Yīyún) is a children's hospital under construction in Hong Kong. Located at the south apron of the former Kai Tak Airport, the hospital will have 468 beds for inpatients and day-patients, providing mainly tertiary services for complex and rare paediatric cases. Funded by the Hong Kong Government, construction of the HK$13 billion hospital began in August 2013 and is due to be completed in 2017.

The new hospital is expected to open in phases beginning in October 2018. The first phase will focus on cancer and kidney diseases. Day services and wards are expected to be provided from January 2019. Later phases will provide "neonatal intensive care, general pediatric surgery, and cardiologic and cardiothoracic surgery".[1]

History

The hospital, originally named the Centre of Excellence in Paediatrics, was first announced in the 2007 policy address given by Donald Tsang, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.[2] The site chosen for the hospital used to be the headquarters of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force.

A design-and-build contract for the new hospital was awarded in July 2013 to a joint venture comprising Chinese state-owned contractor China State and Hong Kong firm Shui On Construction. The structural engineer was Meinhardt while the building services engineer was J. Roger Preston Limited.[3] The architect was Simon Kwan and Associates. Construction began in August 2013.[4]

In February 2014, the hospital was officially renamed Hong Kong Children's Hospital.[4]

Transport

The hospital is within close proximity to a station on the proposed Kai Tak monorail.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Children's hospital set to partially open in October". Hong Kong Economic Journal. 28 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Wong, Hilary (26 February 2014). "$13b children's hospital set to open in 2018". The Standard. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ground-breaking for Children's Hospital". The Journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers. 42 (4). April 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Development of the Hong Kong Children's Hospital" (PDF). Legislative Council Panel on Health Services. 15 June 2015.
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