North Lantau Hospital
North Lantau Hospital (Chinese: 北大嶼山醫院; Cantonese Yale: Bāk Daaihyùhsāan Yīyún) is a rural general hospital in central Tung Chung, on Hong Kong Lantau Island. It was completed in late 2012 and began services on 24 September 2013. The hospital has a 24-hour accident and emergency service, and various outpatient services including the North Lantau Community Health Centre. This hospital belongs to Kowloon West Cluster of Hospital Authority.
Services
- Accident and Emergency Service: It has been providing 24-hour service after 25 September 2014 onward.
Incidents
The hospital was criticised in August 2015 after an elderly man collapsed at the hospital's bus stop. Staff took 20 minutes to transport the man to the hospital, only 30 metres away. Health minister Ko Wing-man said that accident and emergency department staff took some time to gather the necessary resuscitation equipment. Hong Kong Doctors Union president Henry Yeung Chiu-fat said that personnel should have been ready and called the delay "unbelievable".
References
- ^ "North Lantau Hospital commences patient services" (PDF) (Press release). Hong Kong: Hospital Authority. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ 北大嶼山醫院分階段投入服務 《星島日報》 2011年11月9日
- ^ Chan, Gloria (9 August 2015). "Why did Hong Kong's North Lantau Hospital fail to save a 62-year-old man who fainted near its entrance?". South China Morning Post.
- ^ Siu, Jasmine (10 August 2015). "Heat victim dies after collapsing near hospital". The Standard.
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