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Kwai Chung Hospital

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Kwai Chung Hospital
Hospital Authority
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Geography
Location3-15 Kwai Chung Hospital Road, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong
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Organisation
FundingPublic hospital
TypeSpecialist
Affiliated universityUniversity of Hong Kong, Open University of Hong Kong, Chinese University Hong Kong
NetworkKowloon West Cluster
Services
Emergency departmentNo, Accident and Emergency at Princess Margaret Hospital
Beds920
SpecialityPsychiatry
HelipadNo
History
Opened15 October 1981; 44 years ago (1981-10-15)
Links
Websitewww.ha.org.hk/kch
ListsHospitals in Hong Kong
Kwai Chung Hospital
Traditional Chinese葵涌醫院
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationKwàih chūng yī yún
JyutpingKwai4 cung1 ji1 jyun2

Kwai Chung Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong, located near Princess Margaret Hospital. Officially opened on 15 October 1981, the hospital currently provides 920 psychiatric beds, serving the population of Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan, Tung Chung, North Lantau and part of Kowloon.[1]

Apart from in-patient psychiatric services for adult psychiatric patients, it also develops psychiatric specialty services which include Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services, Psychogeriatric Services, Community Psychiatry, Consultation Liaison Services, Substance Abuse Assessment Unit and Psychiatric Unit for Learning Disabilities.

The hospital also provides out-patient department and day hospital services for psychiatric patients at West Kowloon Psychiatric Centre and East Kowloon Psychiatric Centre.

The hospital is reachable by Lai King Hill Road.

History

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Kwai Chung Hospital began its operations in November 1980 and was officially opened on 15 October 1981 by the Hong Kong Governor, Murray MacLehose.[2]

References

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Official website

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