Kwong Wah Hospital

Kwong Wah Hospital is a 1,141-bed public district general hospital in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong. Located on 25 Waterloo Road, the hospital was founded by the Tung Wah Group in 1911, and managed by the Hospital Authority since 1991. It provides a full range of medical services to the population of West Kowloon and Wong Tai Sin. It is Kowloon West Cluster's major acute teaching hospital, and also a Neurosurgical and Antenatal Diagnosis referral centre. The Hospital has established various clinical centers, including Lai Kwok Wing Urology Centre, Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Centre and Chan Feng Men Ling Cardiac Centre. There are integrated Breast Centre and Dr Stephen Chow Chun-kay Assisted Reproduction Centre. It has established a Community Based Geriatric Service, Respiratory Care Unit, Acute Stroke Unit, TWGHs BOCHK Diabetes Centre, Wong Wha San Renal Memorial Centre, and a Nuclear Medicine site. Kwong Wah Hospital is also a pioneer in Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine. TWGHs (Tung Wah Group of Hospitals) has established TWGHs Wilson T S Wang Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment Centre in Kwong Wah. The hospital has participated through joint consultation for designated diseases under protocols which developed by both Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine practitioners.

Kwong Wah Hospital
Hospital Authority and Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
Geography
Location25 Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
Coordinates22.3150°N 114.1722°E / 22.3150; 114.1722
Organisation
Care systemPublic
FundingGovernment hospital
TypeDistrict General, Community
NetworkKowloon West Cluster
Services
Emergency departmentYes, Accident and Emergency
Beds1,100
HelipadNo
History
Opened9 October 1911 (1911-10-09)
Links
Websitewww.ha.org.hk/kwh/
ListsHospitals in Hong Kong
Kwong Wah Hospital
Traditional Chinese廣華醫院
Simplified Chinese广华医院

The former Main Hall Building of Kwong Wah Hospital is preserved and houses the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Museum.

History

In the early days, the hospital offered medical service free of charge to those who could not afford it, with funding provided by local merchants. That tradition continues today.

The hospital played a major role in the SARS epidemic which made its way from Guangdong province to Hong Kong early in 2003. On 21 February, Liu Jianlun, a 64-year-old Chinese doctor who had treated cases of SARS in Guangdong arrived in Hong Kong to attend a wedding. He checked into the Metropole Hotel (the ninth floor - room 911).[1] Although he had developed symptoms on 15 February, he felt well enough to travel, shop, and sight-see with his brother-in-law. On 22 February he sought urgent care at the Kwong Wah Hospital and was admitted to the intensive care unit. He died on 4 March.[2] About 80% of the Hong Kong cases have been traced back to this doctor. On 25 February, the 53-year-old brother-in-law of the Guangdong doctor came to the Kwong Wah Hospital. He was not admitted that day but his illness worsened, and he was admitted on 1 March. He died on 19 March.

Scope of services

24-Hour Accident and Emergency Service

Specialties
Ambulatory and Allied Health
Community Services
  • Community Nursing
  • Community Geriatric Assessment Team
  • Well Women Clinic
    (provided by TWGHs))
  • TWGHs Integrated Diagnostic & Medical Centre
    (provided by TWGHs)
  • Chinese Medicine Clinics
    (provided by TWGHs)
Others
  • Central Sterile Supplies Department
  • Electrodiagnostic Unit
  • Endoscopy Unit
  • Day Surgery
  • Prenatal Diagnostic Centre
  • Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
  • Neurosurgical High Dependency Unit
  • Geriatric Day Hospital
  • Renal Dialysis Service

Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine

Kwong Wah Hospital is also provides integrative traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western Medicine. TWGHs Wilson T S Wang Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment Centre was established by the TWGHs in Kwong Wah Hospital . Through joint consultation for designated diseases under protocols which developed by both Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine practitioners.

Notable people

Transportation

MTR Kwun Tong Line and Tsuen Wan Line Yau Ma Tei Station Exit A2.

References
  1. "How SARS changed the world in less than six months" (PDF). Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 81 (8). 2003.
  2. "Update 95 - SARS: Chronology of a serial killer". World Health Organization.
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