Funding Public hospital Speciality Paediatrics | Hospital type Specialist Number of beds 468 | |
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Location Kai Tak Development Area, Kowloon, Hong Kong Network Kowloon Central Cluster Emergency department No Accident & Emergency Address Cheung Yip St, Kai Tak, Hong Kong | ||
Hong Kong Children's Hospital (Chinese: 香港兒童醫院) 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 start operating in phases in 2018.
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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.
Transport
The hospital is within close proximity to a station on the proposed Kai Tak monorail.