Tuen Mun Hospital | |
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Hospital Authority | |
Geography | |
Location | 23 Tsing Chung Koon Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong |
Coordinates | 22°24′28″N113°58′34″E / 22.40768°N 113.97600°E Coordinates: 22°24′28″N113°58′34″E / 22.40768°N 113.97600°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public |
Funding | Government hospital |
Type | District General |
Network | New Territories West Cluster |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes, accident and emergency [1] |
Beds | 1,935 [2] |
Helipad | Yes |
History | |
Opened | 8 March 1990 |
Links | |
Website | www3 |
Lists | Hospitals in Hong Kong |
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Traditional Chinese | 屯門醫院 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 屯门医院 | ||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Tyùhn mùhn yī yuhn | ||||||||||||
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Tuen Mun Hospital is a public hospital,with a 24-hour accident and emergency department,in Tuen Mun,New Territories,Hong Kong. Its construction began in 1979,and it was inaugurated on 8 March 1990. It is governed by the Hospital Authority,and is designated under New Territories West Cluster.
Tuen Mun Hospital was designed by the Architectural Services Department. It was constructed by Aoki Corporation,a Japanese civil engineering and construction services firm. [3] The hospital was topped out in a ceremony hosted by Sir David Akers-Jones on 28 August 1986,at which time it was the largest hospital under construction in the world. [4]
The hospital commenced services on 8 March 1990 and cost HK$1.2 billion. [5] The accident and emergency department opened on 30 July that year. [6]
This is a list of the current and former chairmen of the committee:
Appointed by the Hospital Authority,the Hospital Chief executive is in charge of managing the hospital and reports to the Hospital Governing Committee.
Dr Simon Tang Yiu-hang (1 April 2018 –present) [7]
As of 31 March 2017 [update] ,the hospital had 1,935 beds and around 6,487 members of staff. For the year ended 31 March 2017,it treated 174,586 inpatients and day-patients,776,713 specialist outpatients,and 851,943 general outpatients. [2]
The ground floor of the hospital is occupied by the casualty ward,and a day-care centre. The hospital has recently established a trauma unit and a neo-natal intensive care unit.
Tuen Mun Hospital also has a General Out-Patient Clinic or Polyclinic. The Yan Oi Polyclinic at 6 Tuen Lee Street is not to be mistaken for the fictional Yan Oi Hospital from the TVB series The Hippocratic Crush. [8]
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It is served by the Tuen Mun Hospital stop of the MTR Light Rail.
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