Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok

Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok
Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok
	Hospital Authority
Geography
Location	128 Chung Hom Kok Road, Chung Hom Kok, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°12′44″N 114°11′50″E
Organisation
Funding	Public hospital
Type	Specialist
Network	Hong Kong East Cluster
Services
Emergency department	No, Emergency Department at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Beds	240
Speciality	Extended care
Helipad	No
History
Opened	1961
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Hong Kong

Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok (Chinese: 舂磡角慈氏護養院; Cantonese Yale: Jūnghamgok Wuhyéuhngyún) is a public hospital in Chung Hom Kok, Hong Kong. It provides extended care for patients with physical disabilities and chronic illnesses. It is under the Hong Kong East Cluster managed by the Hospital Authority.

History

The Cheshire Home in Chung Hom Kok is one of The Cheshire Foundation Homes for the Sick in many countries, and is the first in Hong Kong. It was set up by Lieutenant Colonel Nigel Watson after he visited Hong Kong in June 1961 and noticed the need for such homes in the colony. The Cheshire Foundation Homes for the Sick were started in 1948 as a mission for the relief of suffering all over the world, after Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, a British Royal Air Force pilot during the Second World War and recipient of the Victoria Cross.[1]

The Cheshire Home in Chung Hom Kok was opened in October 1961,[2] established at the site of the former Royal Artillery camp, granted by the Government of Hong Kong. Patients were accommodated in the headquarters building formerly occupied by the gunners, and staff quarters were situated in the adjacent Nissen huts.[3] The gun site was built between 1938 and 1940;[4] and the guns were put out of action before being abandoned during the Japanese invasion in December 1941.[5]

Services

As of March 2013, the home had 240 beds and around 180 members of staff.[6]

References

"Cheshire Homes: One may be set up in Hongkong". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 13 June 1961. p. 6.
"Hongkong's First Cheshire Home". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 5 October 1961. p. 6.
Doggett, Jill (6 August 1961). "Home to be established". South China Sunday Post Herald. Hong Kong. p. 3.
Williams, Hugh (30 November 1968). "Old fortifications". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. p. 19.
Wordie, Jason (20 February 2011). "Out and about". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong.
Hospital Authority Annual Report 2012–2013 (PDF). Hong Kong: Hospital Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

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[1] "Cheshire Homes: One may be set up in Hongkong". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 13 June 1961. p. 6.

[2] "Hongkong's First Cheshire Home". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 5 October 1961. p. 6.

[3] Doggett, Jill (6 August 1961). "Home to be established". South China Sunday Post Herald. Hong Kong. p. 3.

[4] Williams, Hugh (30 November 1968). "Old fortifications". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. p. 19.

[5] Wordie, Jason (20 February 2011). "Out and about". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong.

[6] Hospital Authority Annual Report 2012–2013 (PDF). Hong Kong: Hospital Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.