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Queen Mary Hospital (Hong Kong)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Queen Mary Hospital |
| org_group | Hospital Authority |
| image | Queen Mary Hospital 2.jpg |
| alt | Refer to caption |
| image_size | 225 |
| caption | Queen Mary Hospital, viewed from Hong Kong Trail, High West |
| pushpin_map | Hong Kong |
| pushpin_relief | |
| pushpin_map_size | |
| pushpin_map_alt | |
| pushpin_map_caption | |
| logo | Queen Mary Hospital (Hong Kong) logo.svg |
| logo_size | 225 |
| location | 102 Pok Fu Lam Road, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong |
| coordinates | |
| address | 102 Pok Fu Lam Road, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong |
| healthcare | Public |
| funding | Public |
| type | District General, Teaching |
| speciality | |
| standards | |
| emergency | Yes, accident and emergency and trauma centre |
| helipad | No |
| affiliation | Faculty of Dentistry & Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong |
| patron | Mary of Teck |
| network | Hong Kong West Cluster |
| beds | 1,711 |
| founded | |
| closed | |
| demolished | |
| website | |
| other_links | |
| nrhp | {{Designation list |
| embed | yes |
| designation1 | Hong Kong Grade III Historic Building |
| designation1_date | |
| designation1_number | 591 |
The Queen Mary Hospital (QMH) is a public district general hospital in Hong Kong. It is the largest hospital on Hong Kong Island at 1,711 beds, and is also a teaching hospital affiliated with the dental and medical schools of the University of Hong Kong. The hospital serves residents of the Western and Southern districts and is a tertiary referral centre for the whole of Hong Kong and beyond. It first opened on 13 April 1937 and is named for Mary of Teck, the queen consort of King George V of the UK.
History
Queen Mary Hospital had its foundation stone laid on 10 May 1935 by the governor of Hong Kong, William Peel, and was officially opened on 13 April 1937 by Andrew Caldecott, governor of Hong Kong. The hospital was named for Mary of Teck, the widowed queen consort of King George V of the United Kingdom. It then replaced the Government Civil Hospital as the main accident and emergency hospital for Hong Kong Island. The hospital was greatly expanded over the years, with two major expansion projects completed in 1955 and 1983, the second being designed by London-based hospital architects, Llewelyn Davies.
Buildings
Queen Mary Hospital's main ward tower, Block K, is one of the tallest hospital buildings in Asia at 137 m (28 storeys).
The Main Block (Wing A to E) is listed as a Grade III historic building. The Nurses Quarters is listed as a Grade II historic building.
Facilities
As of 31 March 2019, the hospital has 1,711 beds.
Services
- Accident and emergency
- Trauma centre
- Anaesthesiology
- Clinical Oncology
- Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Ear, Nose & Throat
- Microbiology
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Oral Maxillo-facial Surgery & Dental Surgery
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics & Traumatology
- Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
- Paediatric Cardiology
- Pathology & Clinical Biochemistry
- Psychiatry
- Radiology
- Surgery
- Clinical Psychology
- Dietetics
- Medical Social Work
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Prosthetics and Orthotics
- Podiatry
- Speech Therapy
, Macau healthcare authorities send patients to Queen Mary Hospital in instances where the local Macau hospitals are not equipped to deal with their scenarios.
Treatments
In anti-leukaemic treatment, it used oral arsenic trioxide.
References
References
- "香港聖約翰救傷隊 - 沙田甲、乙救護支隊".
- (18 March 2024). "List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings in Building Assessment".
- (11 May 1935). "Queen Mary Hospital: Foundation Stone Laid by His Excellency The Governor Inadequacy of Present G.C.H.". South China Morning Post.
- (14 April 1937). "The New Hospital: Formally Opened for Public Inspection H.E. Sir Andrew Caldecott Performs Ceremony Meets Medical Needs". South China Morning Post.
- "HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ANNUAL REPORT 醫院管理局年報 2018-2019".
- Yau, Elaine. (2016-09-12). "Why Macau spends millions to send its patients to Hong Kong – some by air". [[South China Morning Post]].
- Au, W. Y.. (December 2011). "A biography of arsenic and medicine in Hong Kong and China". Hong Kong Medical Journal.
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