Princess Margaret Hospital (Hong Kong)

Princess Margaret Hospital
Hospital Authority
Princess Margaret Hospital (Hong Kong) is located in Hong Kong
Princess Margaret Hospital (Hong Kong)
Geography
Location2-10 Princess Margaret Hospital Road, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°20′25″N 114°08′05″E / 22.34016°N 114.13467°E / 22.34016; 114.13467
Organisation
Care systemPublic
FundingGovernment hospital
TypeDistrict General, Teaching
Affiliated universitySchool of Nursing, Princess Margaret Hospital, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of University of Hong Kong and CUHK Faculty of Medicine
NetworkKowloon West Cluster
Services
Emergency departmentYes, Accident and Emergency and trauma centre[1]
Beds1,733[2]
HelipadNo
History
Opened20 October 1975; 49 years ago (1975-10-20)
Links
ListsHospitals in Hong Kong

Princess Margaret Hospital (Chinese: 瑪嘉烈醫院; Cantonese Yale: Máhgāliht Yīyún) or PMH is a major acute district general hospital in south Kwai Chung, New Territories, near Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, managed by the Hospital Authority. It provides services for patients from Lai Chi Kok, Lower Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan, and Tung Chung and Lantau Islands.

Although it is not the main teaching hospital in Hong Kong, it also provides clinical teaching for medical students from medical college in Hong Kong, as well as providing internship placement.

Princess Margaret Hospital provides tertiary specialist services in urology and nephrology and has been widely regarded by Hong Kong people as the best specialist hospital in kidney related services and research.

  1. ^ "香港聖約翰救傷隊 - 沙田甲、乙救護支隊".
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