Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital

Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital
Hospital Authority
Geography
Location 118 Shatin Pass Road, Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°20′43″N 114°11′48″E / 22.34526°N 114.19659°E / 22.34526; 114.19659Coordinates: 22°20′43″N 114°11′48″E / 22.34526°N 114.19659°E / 22.34526; 114.19659
Organisation
Care system public
Funding Government hospital
Hospital type Specialist
Network Kowloon West Cluster
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency at United Christian Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Beds 236
Helipad No
History
Founded 11 December 1961 (1961-12-11)
Links
Website www.olmh-hk.com
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Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital (Chinese: 聖母醫院; Cantonese Yale: Singmóuh Yīyún) is one of two hospitals in the Wong Tai Sin area in New Kowloon of Hong Kong.

History

Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital was founded by the Maryknoll Sisters and officially opened by D. J. M. Mackenzie, Director of Medical and Health Services, on 11 December 1961.[1]

It became a public hospital in 1991.

Services

As of March 2013, 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.[2]

References

  1. "Kowloon To Have Four New Hospitals". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 12 December 1961. p. 6.
  2. Hospital Authority Annual Report 2012–2013 (PDF). Hong Kong: Hospital Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-16.


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