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Hong Kong has about 1.9 doctors per 1000 people, which is the same ratio as in Taiwan. [10] Of the over 14,600 doctors in Hong Kong, about 60% work in private practice and the remaining 40% work in the public service. [11] The majority of doctors in Hong Kong, graduated from one of the 2 local medical schools.
Medical Missionary Hospital Hong Kong, 1843–1853; Seamen's Hospital, 1843–1873; Government Civil Hospital, c. 1849 –1937; Sai Ying Pun Hospital 1937–1978; Lock Hospital, 1858–1894 – venereal diseases hospital; Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital, 1872–1988; Royal Naval Hospital, 1873–1949; British Military Hospital, Hong Kong, 1907–1996
This changed with reforms to Hong Kong's healthcare system in the late 1980s. In October 1987, Governor David Wilson officially announced the government's intention to establish a new, semi-independent Hospital Authority , which would be administered by a new Hospital Services Department (HSD). [ 1 ]
[2] [obsolete source] Because of its early health education, professional health services, and well-developed health care and medication system, Hongkongers enjoy a life expectancy of 88 for females and 83 for men, [3] which is the highest in the world, and an infant mortality rate of 1.169 deaths per 1,000 births, the lowest in the world.
Hospital Authority Building, where the Hospital Authority Head Office is located. The Hospital Authority is a statutory body managing all the government hospitals and institutes in Hong Kong. It is under the governance of its board and is under the monitor of the Secretary for Health of the Hong Kong Government. Its chairman is Henry Fan.
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Kowloon East Cluster (Chinese: 九龍東醫院聯網) is one of the seven hospital clusters managed by Hospital Authority in Hong Kong. It consists of three public hospitals and eight general outpatient clinics to provide public healthcare services for the population of Kwun Tong and part of Sai Kung Districts (including Tseung Kwan O). In mid ...