Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong

Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Hospital Authority
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in February 2008
Geography
Location30 Gascoigne Road, King's Park, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°18′34″N 114°10′32″E / 22.30934°N 114.17561°E / 22.30934; 114.17561
Organisation
Care systemPublic
TypeDistrict General, Teaching
Affiliated universityQueen Elizabeth Hospital General Nursing School, University of Hong Kong and CUHK Faculty of Medicine
NetworkKowloon Central Cluster
Services
Emergency departmentYes, accident and emergency and trauma centre
Beds1,906
Helipads
HelipadNo
History
Founded6 September 1963 (1963-09-06)
Links
Websitewww.ha.org.hk/qeh/
ListsHospitals in Hong Kong
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese伊利沙伯醫院
Simplified Chinese伊利沙伯医院
Literal meaningElizabeth Hospital
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYīlìshābǎi Yī​yuàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYīleihsābaak Yīyún
Jyutpingji1 lei6 saa1 baak3 ji1 jyun6*2

Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Chinese: 伊利沙伯醫院; Cantonese Yale: Yīleihsābaak Yīyún), abbreviated as QE or QEH, is one of the largest district general hospital in Hong Kong. It was named after Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth Hospital is a major tertiary hospital in southern Kowloon, with over 1,900 beds. It employs more than 500 physicians and surgeons.

The hospital was once the largest in the Commonwealth.