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Kwai Chung Hospital

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Funding
  
Public hospital

Network
  
Kowloon West Cluster

Phone
  
+852 2990 3000

Established
  
15 October 1981

Hospital type
  
Specialist

Helipad
  
No

Number of beds
  
920

Kwai Chung Hospital

Location
  
3-15 Kwai Chung Hospital Road, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong

Emergency department
  
No Accident & Emergency

Address
  
Kwai Chung Hospital Block L, 3-15 Kwai Chung Hospital Rd, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong

Hours
  
Closed today SundayClosedMonday8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday8AM–5PMSaturdayClosed

Similar
  
Castle Peak Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital, Shatin Hospital, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals

Kwai Chung Hospital (Chinese: 葵涌醫院) 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.

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

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

References

Kwai Chung Hospital Wikipedia