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Tung Wah Group of Hospitals KOWLOON CENTRAL CLUSTER (KCC)
Wong Tai Sin Hospital (WTSH)

Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital (OLMH) Re-delineation of the cluster boundary took effect from 1 December 2016 in

regard to administrative arrangements. Hospitals including KWH, OLMH and

WTSH, and services units were re-grouped from Kowloon West Cluster to new

Hong Kong Eye Hospital (HKEH) KCC catchment areas. Upon the cut-over for non-clinical support services and
transfer of budget and manpower on 1 April 2017, KCC has started to develop

strategic plan to align the provision of clinical services having regard to the

Rehabaid Centre (RC)^ recommendation of the Steering Committee on Review of HA.

^ To cope with the high demand for A&E and inpatient services,

addressing waiting time and capacity issues was of high priority

Tung Wah Eastern Hospital of KCC. Rapid Assessment and
(TWEH)
beth Hospital (QEH) Treatment Team was piloted in
QEH to support Triage III patients

Pamela Youde Nethersole and additional support sessions sessions and outside-theatre sessions for anaesthetic procedures
Eastern Hospital (PYNEH) were provided to handle Triage were introduced. KCC Oncology service was strengthened by the
extension of radiotherapy service hours and additional hepatitis B
Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals (RTSKH) IV and V cases. To enhance virus DNA tests were introduced to cancer patients.
inpatient service capacity in KCC,
HKEH strengthened the manpower to review and approach
Wong Chuk Hang Hospital (WCHH) additional orthopaedic acute additional cases in order to identify suitable tissues and increase the
beds were opened in QEH. supply of transplantable corneas for treatment of corneal blindness.
BTS continued to scale up territory-wide blood transfusion service
Grantham Hospital (GH) Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok (CCH) In addition, QEH enhanced through increasing production and supply of leucodepleted red cells
structural heart diseases and platelet concentrates.
programme, HIV services for
eligible patients and renal The clinical services provided at Yau Ma Tei Specialist Clinic were
replacement therapy for patients relocated to new Ambulatory Care Centre (Extension) in QEH which
with end-stage renal diseases. commenced operation in December 2016. The planning of the new
Additional operating theatre acute general hospital in Kai Tak Development Area
has also been in progress.
HONG KONG WEST CLUSTER (HKWC)

Over the years, HKWC has been fostering a close partnership with MMRC to implement pain management programme
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong in and provide multi-disciplinary care for patients.
support of undergraduate and postgraduate medical and nursing The child and adolescent psychiatric outpatient
education, training and research, as well as development in healthcare services were enhanced by providing additional
technology and services. The commencement of redevelopment of new case consultations to curtail the waiting
QMH is one step further to enhance future partnership. time due to growing service demand.

Manpower shortage and high turnover in particular among the Patients’ accessibility to radiological imaging
supporting care colleagues is a major concern to HKWC. To allay services was enhanced through the introduction
the issue, HKWC has not only stepped up recruitment and retention of densitometry service at QMH. To cover more
Residential Care Homes for the Elderly in HKWC,
initiatives for Patient Care Assistants (PCAs) but also continued with the Community Geriatric Assessment Team service was
the annual progression exercise for PCAs working in wards with strengthened with additional outreach attendances.
24 hours services.
The Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy nurse clinic was established
Continuous efforts have been made to increase service in QMH to ensure safe and effective oncology services. Through
capacity. These included enhancing the capacity the establishment of the Sterile Service Department in HKWC, six
of renal replacement therapy for patients with reprocessing sites in QMH were supported and sterilisation service
end-stage renal disease by providing additional was provided to GH. The service capacity of In-vitro Fertilisation (IVF)
home automated peritoneal dialysis treatment was further enhanced by the provision of additional IVF cycles in QMH
to cope with the growing service demand.
and home haemodialysis treatment. The service
hours of radiotherapy services in QMH was also The central coordinated refill service for medical consumables and
extended to cater for escalating needs. Designated linen items was implemented in hospital wards of QMH and TYH
beds in GH with multi-disciplinary support were to strengthen business support services. Additional resources were
provided for chronic ventilator-dependent patients. provided for the first stage of Phase One QMH Redevelopment Project
The Joint Replacement Centre in DKCH was set up to to ensure smooth transition and continuous provision of clinical
provide additional sessions of operation for patients services in the planning process.
on Hong Kong Island. A Pain Clinic was set up in

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