Tin Shui Wai Hospital

Tin Shui Wai Hospital (Chinese: 天水圍醫院; Cantonese Yale: Tīnséuiwàih Yīyún) is a rural general hospital in Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong. it have 300 beds, Tin Shui Wai Hospital is part of the New Territories West Cluster serving the population of Yuen Long and Tuen Mun districts, particularly those in the Tin Shui Wai New Town. It opened in 2017.

Tin Shui Wai Hospital
Hospital Authority
View of the hospital in July 2016
Location within Hong Kong
Geography
Location	11 Tin Tan Street, Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°27′31″N 113°59′44″E
Organisation
Care system	Hospital Authority
Funding	Government hospital
Type	District
Network	New Territories West Cluster
Services
Emergency department	Yes, Accident and Emergency
Beds	300
Helipad	No
History
Opened	9 January 2017; 8 years ago (2017-01-09)
Links
Website	www3.ha.org.hk/tswh/en/Default.asp
Lists	Hospitals in Hong Kong

Tin Shui Wai Hospital
Traditional Chinese	天水圍醫院
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Jyutping tin1 seoi2 wai4 ji1 jyun2

History

As the population of Tin Shui Wai continued to grow, the need for a hospital in the area became apparent. Hospital Authority had initially rejected the proposal of constructing a hospital in the area due to limited resources.^[1] This led to demonstrations on 25 November 2007,^[2] 14 February 2008,^[3] and 27 April 2008.^[4] In response to the request, Donald Tsang, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, announced a plan in his policy address to build a hospital in Tin Shui Wai and expected it to be completed by 2015.^[5]

Design and construction was carried out by a joint venture between Leighton Holdings and Able Engineering.^[6] Construction commenced in February 2013 and was completed in September 2016. It cost HK$3.91 billion.^[7]

Initial services, including the specialist out-patient clinic, renal dialysis, allied health, diagnostic radiology, pharmacy and community nursing, began operation on 9 January 2017.^[8][9]

The accident and emergency department began operating from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm from 15 March 2017.^[8] On 21 March 2018 the A&E services were extended to 12 hours per day (from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm).^[10]

The hospital plans to begin providing 24-hour accident and emergency services, as well as inpatient emergency services, from November 2018.^[10] It plans to offer 32 inpatient emergency beds upon commencement.^[11]

Services

The hospital provides the following services.^[10][12]

• Accident and emergency (24 hours)
• Allied health
• Clinical pathology laboratories
• Community nursing services
• Diagnostic radiology
• Pharmacy
• Radiology
• Renal dialysis
• Specialist out-patient clinic
  • Family medicine
  • Orthopaedics and traumatology

Transport

The hospital is an approximately 350-metre walk from Chung Fu stop of the Light Rail. It is also accessible by bus and minibus.