Kai Tak Hospital opens this week: what you need to know before visiting
Hong Kong’s largest public hospital, built on the former airport site in Kai Tak, will begin its first phase of operation on Monday after more than a decade of planning and preparation.
The South China Morning Post looks at the new hospital’s key features and what its opening means for the city’s healthcare development.
1. What makes Kai Tak Hospital special?
With a gross floor area of about 500,000 square metres and 2,400 beds, Kai Tak Hospital will be Hong Kong’s largest public hospital. It will gradually take over services from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Jordan.
The hospital, which cost more than HK$36 billion to plan and build, comprises five buildings on the site of the former airport’s south apron. Major facilities include 37 operating theatres and a 24-hour accident and emergency department.
It will also house Hong Kong’s largest pharmacy, the first in a public hospital to use an automated dispensing system capable of handling up to 3,200 prescriptions a day.
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