The following is released on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

The Hospital Authority (HA)’s representative revealed today (September 28) that Kai Tak Hospital (KTH) is arranged to begin services in stages beginning with October 5. The scientific services of Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) will be slowly moved to KTH. As the biggest public health center in Hong Kong and the flagship medical facility of the Kowloon Central Cluster (KCC), KTH presumes the function of the general public health care center in Kowloon. The medical facility will utilize its strengths to boost cooperation with other medical facilities within the KCC, while supporting other health centers in the area to additional enhance the quality of public health care services.

With an overall gross flooring location of roughly 500 000 square metres and 2 400 beds to be supplied, KTH makes up 5 towers: the Acute Block (Tower 1), the Administration Block (Tower 2), the Education & & Training Block (Tower 3), the Specialist Out-patient Block (Tower 4), and the Oncology Block (Tower 5). KTH will serve a population of 1.8 million throughout Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong districts.

KTH will begin services in 2 stages as prepared. The Specialist Out-patient Clinic Block and the Oncology Block are arranged to begin services in the very first stage. The Family Medicine Integrated Centre situated on the very first flooring of the Specialist Out-patient Clinic Block will begin services on October 5, offering around 250 household medication center quotas each day throughout the preliminary phase of the health center’s opening. Clients with episodic diseases can make consultations through the “Book Family Medicine Clinic” function on the HA’s mobile application “HA Go”or the telephone consultation system beginning with the early morning of October 4.

The very first stage of services in KTH will begin gradually. The expert out-patient services of the Departments of Medicine, Surgery, Neurosurgery and Clinical Oncology of QEH will be moved to the Specialist Out-patient Clinic Block in batches beginning with late October. In addition, allied health services, assessments by the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, the Department of Pathology, the Department of Pharmacy, day services for Clinical Oncology and Obstetrics and Gynaecology in addition to the Patient Resource Centre will likewise present slowly in October.

The Cluster Chief Executive of KCC and Hospital Chief Executive of KTH, Dr Eric Cheung, stated, “The Specialist Out-patient Clinic Block of KTH features Hong Kong’s largest pharmacy, which is the first pharmacy equipped with an Integrated Automated Dispensing System with daily maximum capacity of 3 200 prescriptions. The Oncology Block is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including the public healthcare system’s first cyclotron and Gamma Knife, aiming at enhancing patient experience. In addition, the Clinical Oncology Centre and the Neuroscience Centre, together with the adjacent Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, will provide comprehensive and high-quality tertiary referral services to the Kowloon area.”

KTH has actually created an extensive service moving plan technique for the 2nd stage. Taking into consideration the general works development and acquiring experience from the very first stage, the medical facility will take forward the service plans for the next stage in a progressive way. Significant medical services, consisting of in-patient, surgical, and Accident and Emergency services, will begin in 2028. Medical services of the staying specializeds, consisting of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Paediatrics, will likewise be moved to KTH appropriately upon the beginning of in-patient services in the 2nd stage.

Dr Cheung stated, “KTH is an important part of the general health care landscape in Kowloon. KTH will team up with other health centers in the area and offer emergency situation and pathology assistance to the nearby Hong Kong Children’s Hospital. In addition, the Accident and Emergency Department of KTH is 3 times the size of that in QEH. Upon commissioning, it will work carefully with the redeveloped Kwong Wah Hospital to even more optimise the general severe medical facility network in Kowloon, attaining a more even circulation of public health care resources and improving service effectiveness.

To assist clients acquaint themselves with the brand-new health center environment, service ambassadors will be released at the lobbies of Towers 4 and 5 and on different scientific floorings throughout the preliminary stage of commissioning. They will offer on-site assistance and deal with client queries worrying visits, transportation, and the areas of centers.

In January this year, KTH developed a devoted group to follow up client consultations. Employee will call all clients who have actually arranged consultations in KTH to guarantee they are notified of the current assessment plans. In addition, the medical facility will send out suggestions to clients by means of mail, SMS messages and the mobile application “HA Go”For any queries relating to the services of KTH, clients might call the KTH Hotline at 3506 5188 (the hotline runs from 10am to 7pm on Mondays to Fridays, and 10am to 2pm on Saturdays, Sundays and public vacations) or check out the healthcare facility site at www3.ha.org.hk/ kth.