Hong Kong Baptist Hospital is one among the Hong Kong hospitals situated in Kowloon. The hospital was built in the year 1963 and is the first private hospital in Hong Kong. This Baptist hospital was the first hospital among the hospitals in Hong Kong to use Lorad Selenia Full Field Digital Mammography and Prone Table Stereotactic Breast Biopsy. These new ranges of instruments help in better detection of breast cancer.
The Hong Kong Baptist Hospital is a social wing of the Baptist Church Convention of Hong Kong. The hospital is self financed non-profit organization. The hospital is popular not only in Hong Kong but also in China. Its popularity centers round the plethora of services served to the local and out station patients.
The Out-Patient Department of the Hong Kong Baptist Hospital offers the following services to the patients:
- General Out-patient Clinic
- Nurse Clinic
- Specialty Clinic
- Urology Service
- Sleep Apnoea Clinic
- Allergy Test Clinic
There are 12 medical centers in the Baptist Hospital in Hong Kong. These centers are:
- Nursery
- Heart Centre
- Renal Centre
- Eye Centre
- Women's Health Centre
- Ear, Nose and Throat Centre
- Obstetric & Gynaecology Unit
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- Centre for Digestive Diseases
- Skin and Laser Centre
- Laser Refractive Surgery and Cataract Centre
- Radiotherapy & Oncology Centre
- Minimally Invasive Surgery and Colorectal Diseases Centre
There are also various investigative services and paramedical services offered at the Baptist Hospital of Hong Kong. The investigative services include Pathology, Endoscopy and Endosonography Unit, Radiology (Lithotripsy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging) and PET-CT Scanning. The paramedical services available in the hospital include dietician, physiotherapy and pharmacy.
The hospital is dedicated in promoting educational development and also maintains an active nursing school. Presently the hospital is registered with the Hong Kong Open University in order to train nurses to the degree standard.
The Trent Accreditation Scheme of UK surveys the Hong Kong Baptist Hospital twice a year as a part of their scheme. The hospital is also engaged in international healthcare enfranchisement. The hospital has been providing round the clock service in curing the ailing patients.
The address of the Hong Kong Baptist Hospital is given below:
Hong Kong Baptist Hospital
223 Waterloo Road,
Kowloon,
Hong Kong
Phone: (852)2339 8888
Fax: (852)2338 5394
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