Kwong Wah Hospital

Kwong Wah Hospital
Hospital Authority and Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
Kwong Wah Hospital in February 2008
Geography
Location	25 Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°18′54″N 114°10′20″E / 22.3150°N 114.1722°E / 22.3150; 114.1722
Organisation
Care system	Charitable
Funding	Charitable hospital
Type	District General, Teaching
Affiliated university	Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of University of Hong Kong and CUHK Faculty of Medicine
Network	Kowloon Central Cluster
Services
Emergency department	Yes, Accident and Emergency
Beds	1,100
Helipad	No
History
Opened	9 October 1911; 112 years ago (1911-10-09)
Links
Website	www.ha.org.hk/kwh/
Lists	Hospitals in Hong Kong

Kwong Wah Hospital is a 1,141-bed Charitable hospital in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong. Located on 25 Waterloo Road, Kwong Wah Hospital is the main district general hospital was founded by the Tung Wah Group in 1911, and managed by the Hospital Authority since 1991. It provides a full range of medical services to the population of West Kowloon and Wong Tai Sin. It is Kowloon West Cluster's major acute teaching hospital, and also a Neurosurgical and Antenatal Diagnosis referral centre. The Hospital has established various clinical centers, including Lai Kwok Wing Urology Centre, Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Centre and Chan Feng Men Ling Cardiac Centre. There are integrated Breast Centre and Dr Stephen Chow Chun-kay Assisted Reproduction Centre. It has established a Community Based Geriatric Service, Respiratory Care Unit, Acute Stroke Unit, TWGHs BOCHK Diabetes Centre, Wong Wha San Renal Memorial Centre, and a Nuclear Medicine site. Kwong Wah Hospital is also a pioneer in Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine. TWGHs (Tung Wah Group of Hospitals) has established TWGHs Wilson T S Wang Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Treatment Centre in Kwong Wah. The hospital has participated through joint consultation for designated diseases under protocols which developed by both Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine practitioners.

The former Main Hall Building of Kwong Wah Hospital is preserved and houses the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Museum.