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Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital

Coordinates: 22°16′10″N 114°14′11″E / 22.26932°N 114.23631°E / 22.26932; 114.23631
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Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Hospital Authority and Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation
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Main Block in June 2018
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital is located in Hong Kong
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Geography
Location3 Lok Man Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°16′10″N 114°14′11″E / 22.26932°N 114.23631°E / 22.26932; 114.23631
Organisation
FundingPublic hospital
TypeDistrict General, Teaching
Religious affiliationChristian
Affiliated universityLi Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong and Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
NetworkHong Kong East Cluster
Services
Emergency departmentYes, 24 hour Accident and Emergency and Emergency Radiation Therapy Center
Beds1,829
HelipadYes
History
Opened15 October 1993; 31 years ago (1993-10-15)
Links
Websitewww.ha.org.hk/pyneh
ListsHospitals in Hong Kong
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Traditional Chinese東區尤德夫人那打素醫院
Simplified Chinese东区尤德夫人那打素医院
Literal meaningEastern District Mrs. Youde Nethersole Hospital
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDōngqū Yóudé Fū​ren Nādásù Yī​yuàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDūng kēui yàuh dāk fū yàhn nàh dá sou yī yún
JyutpingDung1 koei1 jau4 dak1 fu1 jan4 na4 da2 sou3 ji1 jyun2
Accident and Emergency entrance of the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in March 2012

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, known as Eastern Hospital or Youde Hospital, is an acute district general hospital in Chai Wan, Hong Kong. The hospital houses one of two Emergency Radiation Therapy Centers in Hong Kong, with the other situated at Tuen Mun Hospital.

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital was opened on 15 October 1993 with 1829 beds and staff of over 3000. It replaced the original Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in Mid-Levels in Hong Kong Island and moved to Chai Wan. Assigned to the Hong Kong eastern hospital cluster and replaced the other Nethersole hospital, which relocated to the New Territories.

It is affiliated with the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, providing clinical attachment opportunities for its medical students.

History

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Before the establishment of the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, there were only three government health centres in Chai Wan. The nearest public hospital, Tang Shiu Kin Hospital in Wan Chai, only had a small emergency department. As the number of critically ill patients exceeded its capacity through the 1960s to 80s, patients had to be rushed to Queen Mary Hospital or elsewhere for urgent treatment.

The Eastern District had a population of 440,000 in the 1980s. In August 1982, several churches in the district formed an organisation to lobby the government to establish a hospital there.[1]

After the sudden death of Governor Edward Youde in 1986, the Eastern District Board in February 1987 formally endorsed a proposal to name the new hospital after Lady Youde.[2] The Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital commenced services on 15 October 1993.[3] It was officially opened by Governor Chris Patten on 23 June 1994. When the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital opened, the accident and emergency unit of the Chai Wan Health Centre moved to the new complex.

The Hospital Authority plans to expand the hospital onto the site of the Chai Wan Laundry, which will be relocated to a proposed Supporting Services Centre in Tin Shui Wai New Town.[4]

Services

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Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital is the only hospital in Hong Kong which houses a pressure chamber to provide Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) service, which can be used to treat conditions such as air or gas embolism, carbon monoxide poisoning, central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO), decompression sickness, etc.

The hospital is the only hospital with a helipad on Hong Kong Island, and one of the two hospitals in Hong Kong (Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital and Tuen Mun Hospital). It receives emergency patients transferred by Government Flying Services. It also provides emergency medical consultation to remote island clinics (e.g. St. John Hospital in Cheung Chau).

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital is one of two hospitals (the other being Tuen Mun Hospital) equipped with dedicated Emergency Radiation Treatment Centres (ERTCs), provided in response to concerns surrounding the 1993-1994 commissioning of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant in nearby Shenzhen.[5] Under the Hong Kong government's Daya Bay Contingency Plan, the two centres will treat and decontaminate persons affected by a nuclear accident.[6]

As of March 2013, the hospital has 1,633 beds and around 4,993 full-time equivalent members of staff. For the year ended 31 March 2014, it has treated 152,332 patients in the Accidental and Emergency Department, 138,724 inpatients and day-patients, 560,842 specialist outpatients, and 393,573 general outpatients.[7]

Clinical departments

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Allied health departments

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Allied health professions are health care professions distinct from nursing, medicine, and pharmacy.

References

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  1. ^ A Carnival of Gods: Studies of Religions in Hong Kong.(2002). Hong Kong:Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-592964-0 This book is written in Chinese.
  2. ^ City and New Territories Administration (5 August 1987). "Legislative Council Brief : Memorials to the late Governor, Sir Edward Youde". Legislative Council.
  3. ^ "About Us". About Us Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  4. ^ "An Update on Public Hospital Developments". Legislative Council Panel on Health Services. 18 January 2016.
  5. ^ Wiseman, Alison (2 February 1994). "Daya Bay blast centres set up". South China Morning Post. p. 8.
  6. ^ "Daya Bay Contingency Plan". Security Bureau. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  7. ^ Hospital Authority Annual Report 2013–2014 (PDF). Hong Kong: Hospital Authority. Dead link

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