Tin Shui Wai Hospital Takes Another Baby Step
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2018-02-27 HKT 15:00
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Hong Kong's latest hospital will soon take another baby step towards becoming a fully-fledged facility.
Accident and emergency services at the newly-opened Tin Shui Wai Hospital will start operating for 12 hours a day from March 21.
The hospital, which started operations in January last year, has been plagued by a shortage of manpower and the emergency ward currently functions for only eight hours a day – from 8am to 4pm.
From March 21, the ward will operate until 8pm. But a 24-hour emergency ward like other hospitals is still out of reach. This will hopefully be possible by November, authorities say.
The Health Secretary Sophia Chan said she hopes the extension of services will ease the burden on Tuen Mun Hospital and Pok Oi Hospital in New Territories West.
Currently, there is no in-patient service at Tin Shui Wai Hospital. It plans to provide 32 beds from November.
The hospital, which was built at a cost of HK$3.9 billion, aims to have 300 beds when it is fully up and running.
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