Tai Po Hospital, located in Tai Po, Hong Kong, provides assessment, extended-care and integrated rehabilitation services to elderly, chronically-ill and acute psychiatric patients. It is also one of three designated spinal cord injury rehabilitation centres in Hong Kong.[1]

Tai Po Hospital
Hospital Authority
Tai Po Hospital is located in Hong Kong
Tai Po Hospital
Geography
Location9 Chuen On Road, Tai Po, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°27′40″N 114°10′29″E / 22.46111°N 114.17472°E / 22.46111; 114.17472
Organisation
FundingPublic hospital
TypeSpecialist
NetworkNew Territories East Cluster
Services
Emergency departmentNo Accident & Emergency at Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital or Prince of Wales Hospital
Beds992
SpecialityRehabilitation, psychiatric
HelipadNo
History
Opened1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Links
Websitewww.ha.org.hk/tph
ListsHospitals in Hong Kong
Tai Po Hospital
Traditional Chinese大埔醫院
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDaaih bou yī yún
JyutpingDaai6 bou3 ji1 jyun2

The hospital began providing medical services in 1998.[2]

Facilities

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The hospital complex has a gross floor area of about 39,000 square metres (420,000 sq ft) and consists of the Main Block and the Multicentre. As of March 2021, the hospital has a total of 1,026 beds, of which 433 are general (acute and convalescent) beds, 233 infirmary beds and 360 psychiatric beds.[3] There are also much open space for exercise and physical activities for patients.

References

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  1. ^ "Tai Po Hospital". Hong Kong: Hospital Authority. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Healthcare for the People of Hong Kong" (PDF). Hospital Authority. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  3. ^ NTEC Bed Inventory, Hospital Authority
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