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Looking to visit a public hospital in Hong Kong? Here is your comprehensive, independent guide to Princess Margaret Hospital 瑪嘉烈醫院 in Hong Kong.
Princess Margaret Hospital is a public hospital in Hong Kong under the Hospital Authority’s Management. It is a major acute general hospital and one of the most important hospitals in the Kowloon West Cluster. It was established in 1975 and in 1981 was built a new building (Lai King Building), 5 minutes away from the main hospital.
Princess Margaret Hospital accommodates over 1,700 beds and 4,000 Staff. It is a tertiary referral centre for Infectious disease, Nephrology and Urology and also it is the cluster referral centre for Oncology, Trauma, Renal Transplant and Dialysis, Lithotripsy, Pulmonary Medicine and tuberculosis, high-risk Obstetrics care, and also Paediatric and Neonatal intensive care.
Princess Margaret Hospital has a Specialist Outpatient Clinic which caters to:
In Hong Kong, there are only three designated HIV clinical services in the public sector, and Princess Margaret is one of them.
Here is a list of the services provided:
Princess Margaret Hospital is the designated Infectious Disease (ID) centre in Hong Kong. Since officially opening on 22 June 2007, the ID Center has been managing various kinds of infectious diseases including avian influenza, hospital-acquired infections, as well as tropical infections. There are 108 isolation beds with 14 ICU beds.
Four basic principles have been used in the design of its infection control facilities:
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Princess Margaret Hospital does have a 24-hour accident and emergency service with a full range of acute specialist and ambulatory services.
Costs at Princess Margaret Hospital are determined by the Hospital Authority. Costs are categorized into 3 groups: eligible persons, non-eligible persons, and private charges.
Eligible persons are defined as:
As a reference, here are the costs for eligible persons:
Service | Fee / HK Dollar |
Accident & Emergency | $180 per attendance |
Inpatient (acute general beds) | $75 admission fee, $120 per day |
Inpatient (convalescent / rehabilitation, infirmary & psychiatric beds) | $100 per day |
Specialist outpatient (including allied health clinic) | $135 for the 1st attendance, $80 per subsequent attendance, $15 per drug item |
General outpatient | $50 per attendance |
Dressing or injection | $19 per attendance |
Psychiatric day hospital | $60 per attendance |
Geriatric day hospital | $60 per attendance |
Rehabilitation day hospital | $55 per attendance |
Day procedure and treatment at Clinical Oncology Clinic or Renal Clinic | $96 per attendance |
Day procedure and treatment in ambulatory facility | $195 per attendance |
Community nursing service (general) | $80 per visit |
Community nursing service (psychiatric) | Free |
Community allied health service | $80 per visit |
If you are an eligible person (i.e. holder of HKID) and have medical insurance, public hospital costs can be reimbursed. Considering how low public fees are, most patients pay out-of-pocket.
If you are not an eligible person (visiting / tourist), public hospital costs will cost much higher and it is important to ensure you are well covered.
Address: 2-10 Princess Margaret Hospital Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon
Phone: 2990 1111
How to get there: Public shuttle bus or green minibus, hospital shuttle bus, car or taxi. For more information, click here.
If you wish to learn more about Princess Margaret, visit its website here!
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