Alice Memorial Hospital
| Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital | |
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| Hospital Authority and Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 11 Chuen On Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°27′34″N 114°10′27″E / 22.45937°N 114.17421°ECoordinates: 22°27′34″N 114°10′27″E / 22.45937°N 114.17421°E |
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| Funding | Public hospital |
| Hospital type | General, Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Network | New Territories East Cluster |
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| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 563 |
| History | |
| Founded | February 16, 1887 |
| Links | |
| Website | www3 |
| Lists | Hospitals in Hong Kong |
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital (Chinese: 雅麗氏何妙齡那打素醫院) is an acute general hospital managed under the New Territories East Cluster of the Hospital Authority in Hong Kong. Established by the former London Missionary Society in 1887, it was the first teaching hospital in Hong Kong to train local Chinese in western medical science. It moved to its current location in Tai Po in 1997.
Early in 1881, a Medical Mission Committee, mostly made up of members of the former London Missionary Society, was established to promote western medicine in Hong Kong. Henry William Davis, chairman of the committee, donated substantially to set up a dispensary in the Tai Ping Shan district at the western end of Hong Kong Island. The dispensary was named after Davis's mother as the Nethersole Dispensary.
Alice Memorial Hospital (Chinese: 雅麗氏利濟醫院) was opened at 77–81 Hollywood Road on 16 February 1887 under the management of the London Missionary Society. It was the first hospital in Hong Kong to train local Chinese in western medical science. The hospital structure was built by a donation from Dr. Ho Kai in memory of his wife Alice Walkden. She died of typhoid fever in 1884, two years after her arrival in Hong Kong. In 1889, Dr John C Thomson, a medical missionary, was appointed the hospital's first superintendent.
Due to the shortage of beds at the Alice Memorial Hospital, and at the initiation of Davis, the London Missionary Society established a new hospital at 10 Bonham Road. Opened on 5 September 1893, the hospital was called Nethersole Hospital (Chinese: 那打素醫院). It was the first hospital in Hong Kong to train nurses.
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