British Military Hospital, Hong Kong
| British Military Hospital | |
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| British garrison, British Army | |
Millbank House, British Military Hospital, Hong Kong, c. 1994
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| Geography | |
| Location | Wylie Road, King's Park, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°18′38″N 114°10′35″E / 22.3106°N 114.1764°ECoordinates: 22°18′38″N 114°10′35″E / 22.3106°N 114.1764°E |
| Organisation | |
| Hospital type | Military |
| History | |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Closed | 1996 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Hong Kong |
The British Military Hospital was a hospital in Hong Kong for the use of the British garrison. It was located at Bowen Road from 1907 to 1967. It was built between 1903 and 1906, and officially opened on 1 July 1907.
Often referred to simply as the Bowen Road Hospital, the first generation hospital was a 150-bed hospital constructed of red brick. It consisted of two blocks, each of 3 stories, configured with wards and a central administrative block. It had commanding views of the harbour.
During the Japanese occupation, a portion of the hospital was used for the care of prisoners of war. It continued in use until 1967, when it was turned over to the colonial government. The facility was moved to a site in Kowloon.
Between 1967 and 1972, it became the temporary location for the new Island School, which had obtained a five-year lease from the Government. The east wing is now home to the (Jewish International) Carmel School, and the Canadian International School occupied the west wing of the building from 1994 to 1999, when the Canadian school moved to new premises in Aberdeen.
Former hospital buildings on the adjacent site on Borrett Road, vacated in 1969, were used by the Chinese International School during the 1980s. The 10 Borrett Road site became the first home to the West Island School, from 1991 to 1994, and is being used by the Island School.
In the 1986 Mid Levels Plan, the site was zoned to become open space. In May 2001, the Town Planning Board re-zoned it to "government, community and institutional use" on the recommendation of the Planning Department and the Antiquities and Monuments Office, allowing the buildings to be preserved. The Main Block and the Annex Block of the Old British Military Hospital are Grade I historic buildings since 2009.
In 1967, a new 15-story British Military Hospital was opened on Wylie Road in the King's Park area, on a site to the east of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. It replaced the Bowen Road campus. It provided medical treatment for servicemen, their dependants, and returning soldiers from Vietnam. The site was also home to the Officers Mess and Other Ranks Mess, as well as accommodation for servicemen's families in three blocks: Millbank House, Worcester Heights and Canterbury Court.
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