Hong Kong Children's Hospital


Hong Kong Children's Hospital is a children's hospital in Hong Kong. Located at the south apron of the former Kai Tak Airport, the hospital will have 468 beds for inpatients and day-patients, providing mainly tertiary services for complex and rare paediatric cases. Funded by the Hong Kong Government, construction of the HK$13 billion hospital began in August 2013.
The first phase will focus on cancer and kidney diseases. Later phases will provide "neonatal intensive care, general pediatric surgery, and cardiologic and cardiothoracic surgery".
The hospital opened in December 2018 with some outpatient services. Inpatient services commenced in March 2019.

History

The hospital, originally named the Centre of Excellence in Paediatrics, was first announced in the 2007 policy address given by Donald Tsang, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. The site chosen for the hospital used to be the headquarters of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force.
A design-and-build contract for the new hospital was awarded in July 2013 to a joint venture comprising Chinese state-owned contractor China State and Hong Kong firm Shui On Construction. The structural engineer was Meinhardt while the building services engineer was J. Roger Preston Limited. The architect was Simon Kwan and Associates. Construction began in August 2013.
In February 2014, the hospital was officially renamed Hong Kong Children's Hospital. It opened on 18 December 2018, initially offering paediatric haematology and oncology ward, paediatric intensive care unit and operating theatre services. The first inpatient services commenced on 27 March 2019, namely: the paediatric haematology and oncology ward, paediatric intensive care unit and operating theatre services.

Transport

There is a minibus route 86 to Telford Plaza in Kowloon Bay, bus route 5R to Kwun Tong via Ngau Tau Kok, and bus route 22 to Festival Walk via Kowloon City.
The hospital is in close proximity to a station on the proposed Kai Tak monorail.