Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong

Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Hospital Authority
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in February 2008
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong is located in Hong Kong
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Geography
Location30 Gascoigne Road, King's Park, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°18′34″N 114°10′32″E / 22.30934°N 114.17561°E / 22.30934; 114.17561
Organisation
Care systemPublic
FundingGovernment hospital
TypeDistrict General, Teaching
Affiliated universityQueen Elizabeth Hospital General Nursing School, University of Hong Kong and CUHK Faculty of Medicine
NetworkKowloon Central Cluster
Services
Emergency departmentYes, accident and emergency and trauma centre[1]
Beds1,906[2]
HelipadNo
History
Opened6 September 1963; 61 years ago (1963-09-06)
Links
Websitewww.ha.org.hk/qeh/
ListsHospitals in Hong Kong
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese伊利沙伯醫院
Simplified Chinese伊利沙伯医院
Literal meaningElizabeth Hospital
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYīlìshābǎi Yī​yuàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYīleihsābaak Yīyún
Jyutpingji1 lei6 saa1 baak3 ji1 jyun6*2

Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Chinese: 伊利沙伯醫院; Cantonese Yale: Yīleihsābaak Yīyún), QE or QEH in short, is one of the largest district general hospital in Hong Kong. It was named after Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth Hospital is a major tertiary hospital in southern Kowloon, with over 1,900 beds. It employs more than 500 physicians and surgeons.

The hospital was once the largest in the Commonwealth.[3]

  1. ^ "香港聖約翰救傷隊 - 沙田甲、乙救護支隊".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference HAAR201617 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Description: Hong Kong under the microscope. Hong Kong's Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the largest general hospital in the Commonwealth". 22 August 2012.