The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay
| The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay | |
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| Hospital Authority and the Society for the Relief of Disabled Children | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 12 Sandy Bay Road, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°16′16″N 114°07′26″E / 22.27122°N 114.12395°ECoordinates: 22°16′16″N 114°07′26″E / 22.27122°N 114.12395°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong |
| Network | Hong Kong West Cluster |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 130 |
| Speciality | Paediatrics |
| History | |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Hong Kong |
The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay (Chinese: 大口環根德公爵夫人兒童醫院) is a pediatric hospital in Sandy Bay on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong.
The hospital is the only specialist pediatric hospital in Hong Kong. Founded in 1955 by the Society for the Relief of Disabled Children, it provides specialist services in pediatric orthopedics, spinal surgery, pediatric neurology, developmental pediatrics and pediatric dental surgery while also providing treatment, rehabilitative services and accommodation for patients over 18 years old, specifically orthopedic patients with spinal problems.
The hospital is managed by the Hospital Authority and has 130 beds and more than 260 staff. Despite its comparatively small size, it has gained a strong worldwide reputation as a renowned pediatric orthopedic facility.
Its reputation was built first in the 1950s and 1960s, when it became known as the clinical research center that developed the “Hong Kong Operation”, a breakthrough anterior approach to treat spinal tuberculosis, something that was then rife in Hong Kong’s refugee squatter camps. Orthopedic teams from the University of Hong Kong’s Department of Surgery (the forerunners of today’s Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the University of Hong Kong’s Medical Centre) working at the hospital pioneered the operation, most notably the “Hodgson/Yau” surgical team of Dr (later Professor) A. R. Hodgson and Dr (later Professor) Arthur Yau Meng-choy. The pair’s ground-breaking anterior approach was adopted across the world.,
Today, the pioneering spinal work continues. The hospital’s Centre for Spinal Disorders provides comprehensive multidisciplinary service in the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with spinal problems and also carries out clinical research and educational programs. It is the only such facility in the region.
The Children's Habilitation Institute provides habilitation and rehabilitation programs for children with various neuro-developmental problems. It is the only such public health facility in Hong Kong and serves as a model center for habilitation and rehabilitation of children with chronic handicap in China and across Asia.
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