Prince of Wales Hospital [SEP] named after
Prince of Wales Hospital
Prince of Wales Hospital () is a regional acute government hospital located in Sha Tin, New Territories in Hong Kong. It is also a teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
Officially opened in 1984 and named after Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince of Wales Hospital now provides more than 1,700 hospital beds and 24 hours accident and emergency service with about 5,500 staff. It is also the regional hospital responsible for the Eastern New Territories serving
Passage Hill. It was named after Prince Albert, the late consort to Queen Victoria, and opened as the Royal Albert Hospital in December 1863. The hospital became the Royal Albert Hospital and Eye Infirmary in 1874 and, after a new nurses' home was completed in May 1901, it became the Prince of Wales Hospital in 1934. On joining the National Health Service in 1948, it became the South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital (Devonport). It finally became Plymouth General Hospital in 1963.
After services transferred to