Kai Tak Hospital to absorb Queen Elizabeth services by 2028
SingTao · 1 SOURCESabout 3 hours ago5 MIN
Summary
Kai Tak Hospital has started operating in phases from early October and is set to take over most clinical services now provided by Queen Elizabeth Hospital. According to a written reply from the Health Bureau to lawmaker David Lam Tzit-yuen (林哲玄), the latest deadline for Queen Elizabeth Hospital services to move to Kai Tak Hospital is 2028. The government also said the feasibility of routing the Kai Tak smart and green mass transit system to the hospital will be discussed with the successful bidder after the contract is awarded. Meanwhile, the King's Park site of Queen Elizabeth Hospital is planned to become Hong Kong's first integrated ambulatory care hospital
Key Points
- Kai Tak Hospital's integrated family medicine centre, pharmacy and patient resource centre, plus allied health units, entered service in early October
- Specialist outpatient services in surgery, neurosurgery and clinical oncology, together with pathology specimen collection, are scheduled to begin by late October
- Imaging and interventional radiology services, including X-ray, ultrasound, MRI, CT and PET scans, will be rolled out in phases from October to November
- Remaining specialist clinics, inpatient wards, operating theatres and the accident and emergency department are expected to move after the emergency block is completed in 2028
- If patients mistakenly go to Queen Elizabeth Hospital during the transition, the hospital will make a one-off special arrangement to treat them there
Why It Matters
The phased transfer is intended to keep services running while one of Kowloon's major public hospitals shifts its core functions to a new site. Transport access will be a practical concern for patients and staff, which is why any future extension of the Kai Tak transit system to the hospital could affect how easily the new campus is used