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Fiona Sun

Hong Kong’s largest public hospital will open to patients in phases from October, with the new 2,400-bed facility in Kai Tak set to take over the services of Queen Elizabeth Hospital and become a healthcare hub for Kowloon.
The Hospital Authority said on Friday that the first phase of services at Kai Tak Hospital, located on Shing Cheong Road in Kowloon Bay, would start in October.
The new facility has a total gross floor area of 500,000 square metres, the largest among the city’s public hospitals.
The hospital complex comprises five blocks, covering acute services, administration, education and training, specialist outpatient services and oncology.
It will provide 2,400 beds, making it the largest-capacity public hospital in Hong Kong.
The new flagship facility in the Kowloon Central group of hospitals will serve patients across Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong districts, covering a population of more than 1.8 million.
“Our goal is to establish Kai Tak Hospital as a flagship hospital in Kowloon and a medical hub, and to create a synergistic effect at the Kai Tak development area,” chief executive for Kowloon Central hospitals Dr Eric Cheung Fuk-chi said.

The new hospital will gradually take over clinical services from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei in two phases.
The Specialist Outpatient Clinic Block and the Oncology Block at the new hospital will be the first to begin operating.
The first-phase provisions will include a family medicine integrated centre and specialist outpatient services such as internal medicine, surgery, neurosurgery, family medicine and clinical oncology.
Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, X-ray and ultrasound services will also be among those offered during the first phase.
The second phase will begin in 2028, providing inpatient, surgical and emergency services.
Dr Paulina Chow Po-ling, chief manager of planning and commissioning for Kowloon Central hospitals, said the operation would be carried out in phases to avoid disrupting patient care.
“The services of Queen Elizabeth Hospital will be gradually transferred to Kai Tak Hospital during this relocation process. A top priority in our entire plan is that our relocation must not affect patients’ treatment,” she said.
The new hospital is equipped with 37 operating theatres and a range of advanced clinical facilities.
It has several specialist centres, including for oncology, neuroscience, stroke and chest pain. Its trauma centre provides 24-hour accident and emergency services and is equipped with a helipad for patient transport.
It is also the first public hospital in Hong Kong to be equipped with a cyclotron, which is used for in-house production of radioactive tracers for diagnostic examinations and oncology.
It also has the largest pharmacy among the city’s public hospitals, with automation systems in place to boost dispensing efficiency.
The authority said it had set up a dedicated team to follow up on the relocation of services for patients from Queen Elizabeth Hospital to the new facility.
Cheung said the Queen Elizabeth Hospital site would be reserved for medical use, but the government had yet to confirm a final plan.


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