Hospital in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
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.
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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.
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The Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital commenced services on 15 October 1993.
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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
.
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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
.
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Under the Hong Kong government's Daya Bay Contingency Plan, the two centres will treat and decontaminate persons affected by a nuclear accident.
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As of March 2013
[update]
, 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.
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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.
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