The Princess Margaret Hospital Hong Kong was established in the year 1975. The hospital provides round the clock service to the Hong Kong nationals. Previously the hospital was known for the service provided by them in attending accident and emergency cases. However in contemporary times this Hong Kong hospital is a principal tertiary referral centre for communities located at South and West New Territories. It is one among the main hospitals in Hong Kong.
Objective of the Hospital
Since inception the hospital has been serving the ailing with quality medical service. The objectives of the hospital are:
- Employing some of the best doctors and making optimum use of their expertise
- Conducting teaching and training sessions for professionals besides strengthening community oriented services
- Ensuring a healthy environment to the staff by fulfilling their needs thus progressing to a challenging environment
- Meeting the various needs of the community through their tertiary and comprehensive services
Services of the Hospital
The hospital specializes in providing the following services:
- Pediatrics
- Intensive Care Unit
- Pathology
- Anesthesia
- Medicine and Geriatrics
- Surgery
- Specialist Out Patient Clinics (SOPC)
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Radiology
- Neurosurgery
- Oncology
- Accident and Emergency Services
- Orthopedics and Traumatology
The hospital's allied and supporting services include occupational therapy, podiatry, clinical psychology, dietetics, prosthetics and orthotics and physiotherapy.
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However some of the special services of the hospital are infectious disease, burns and plastic surgery, nephrology and urology, pulmonary medicine, diabetics, toxicology and so on.
In 1994 the hospital founded the Patient Services Centre to provide personalized service to the patients. The service includes:
- Development of Volunteer Service
- A resource center for the patients and the community
- Encouraging mutual self help groups to serve ailing patients
- Developing volunteer services
- Enhancing patient relations
Apart from the Patient Services Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital also focuses on specialized care services for the community. These services include community nursing services, community geriatrics assessment service, providing aid to the cerebral palsy patients and so on.
Developments of the Hospital
Some of the developments of the hospital are:
- Providing improved X-ray services coupled with CT scanner service
- Restructuring wards with new developments like air conditioners and other facilities
- Initiation of the Day Surgery Centre
- Commencement of the Urodynamic and Lithotripsy Centre
- Introducing advanced Ambulatory Care Centre
- Centralized Endoscopy service
The Princess Margaret Hospital Hong Kong is also planning to open a Radiotherapy Center in future. The hospital is counted among the eminent Hong Kong hospitals providing round the clock service.
The contact detail of the Princess Margaret Hospital of Hong Kong is mentioned below:
Princess Margaret Hospital
2-10 Princess Margaret Hospital Road,
Lai Chi Kok,
Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Phone: 2990 1111
Fax: 2786 3629 / 2370 3443
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