Princess Margaret Hospital (Hong Kong)

Princess Margaret Hospital
Hospital Authority
Geography
Location2-10 Princess Margaret Hospital Road, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°20′25″N 114°08′05″E / 22.34016°N 114.13467°E / 22.34016; 114.13467
Organisation
Care systemPublic
TypeDistrict General, Teaching
Affiliated universitySchool of Nursing, Princess Margaret Hospital, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of University of Hong Kong and CUHK Faculty of Medicine
NetworkKowloon West Cluster
Services
Emergency departmentYes, Accident and Emergency and trauma centre
Beds1,733
Helipads
HelipadNo
History
Founded20 October 1975 (1975-10-20)
Links
ListsHospitals in Hong Kong
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Princess Margaret Hospital (Chinese: 瑪嘉烈醫院; Cantonese Yale: Máhgāliht Yīyún) or PMH is a major acute district general hospital in Sham Shui Po District, Kowloon, located in 2-10 Princess Margaret Hospital Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, managed by the Hospital Authority. It provides services for patients from Lai Chi Kok, Lower Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan, and Tung Chung and Lantau Islands.

Although it is not the main teaching hospital in Hong Kong, it also provides clinical teaching for medical students from medical college in Hong Kong, as well as providing internship placement.

Princess Margaret Hospital provides tertiary specialist services in urology and nephrology and has been widely regarded by Hong Kong people as the best specialist hospital in kidney related services and research.