St. John Hospital (Hong Kong)
St. John Hospital (SJH), is a community hospital at Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, provides primary, emergency and community health services to the community at Cheung Chau.
| St. John Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Hospital Authority | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Cheung Chau Hospital Road, Tung Wan, Cheung Chau, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°12′29″N 114°01′53″E / 22.2080556°N 114.0313889°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Government hospital |
| Type | District |
| Network | Hong Kong East Cluster |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes, Accident and Emergency, but serious patients will be sent to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
| Beds | 87 |
| History | |
| Opened | 21 November 1934 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Hong Kong |
| Designated | 22 January 2010 |
| Reference no. | 611 |
| St. John Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 長洲醫院 |
| Simplified Chinese | 长洲医院 |
| Literal meaning | Cheung Chau Hospital |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Chángzhōu Yīyuàn |
| Yale Romanization | Chèuhngjāu Yīyún |
| Jyutping | Coeng4 zau1 Ji1 jyun2 |
History edit
St. John’s Hospital was founded by the St. John Ambulance Association. The foundation stone of this Victorian-style construction was laid by the tycoon brothers Mr Aw Boon Haw and Mr Aw Boon Par in 1932. In November 1934, it was donated to the Hong Kong St. John Ambulance Association, and officially called St John Ambulance Association Haw Par Hospital after the names of the donors.[1] In 1946, it was converted to a tuberculosis sanatorium. On 22 January 2010, it was confirmed as a Grade 3 historic building.[2]
Facilities edit
As at March 2013, the hospital has 87 beds and 113 full-time equivalent staff.[3]
The hospital provides services for about 12,000 residents of Cheung Chau.[4] Those services include:
- 24-Hour Accident and Emergency Service
- Specialties
- Medicine
- Chest
- Maternal and Child Health
- Family Planning
- Others
- Methadone Detoxification Clinic
- Physiotherapy
- X-ray
- Occupational Therapy
- Chaplaincy
- Dietetic
- Courtesy Transportation for Selected Patients
References edit
- ^ "St. John Hospital" (PDF). EM Express. Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine. April 2012.
- ^ . Hong Kong: Antiquities Advisory Board. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ (PDF). Hospital Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2014.
- ^ "2011 Population Census - Fact Sheet for Islands District Council Cheung Chau South" (PDF). Hong Kong: Census and Statistics Department. 11 September 2012.
External links edit
- St. John Hospital - Hong Kong Hospital Authority