Tsan Yuk Hospital
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| Geography | |
| Location | 30 Hospital Road, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°17′09″N 114°08′37″E / 22.28579°N 114.14350°ECoordinates: 22°17′09″N 114°08′37″E / 22.28579°N 114.14350°E |
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| Funding | Public hospital |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong |
| Network | Hong Kong West Cluster |
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| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 3 |
| Speciality | Obstetrics and gynaecology |
| History | |
| Founded | October 17, 1922 |
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| Lists | Hospitals in Hong Kong |
Tsan Yuk Hospital (Traditional Chinese: 贊育醫院 ; pinyin: Zànyù Yīyuàn), located on 30 Hospital Road, Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island, is a public hospital in Hong Kong specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology. It also operates as a teaching and training hospital for the medical and nursing students of Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong.
The hospital, originally located at No. 36A Western Street, Sai Ying Pun, moved to the Hospital Road site in 1955.
Tsan Yuk Hospital is run under three objectives: In addition to offering a high-standard service, the hospital aims to help women with detected gynaecological abnormalities, and also to provide research and training facilities for doctors, nurses, medical students of The University of Hong Kong and other professionals.
Tsan Yuk Hospital was originally located at the cross-section of Western Street and Third Street in Hong Kong's Sai Ying Pun area. The land on which the hospital was built was donated by the government and the $94,000 construction fee was donated by Mr. H. M. H Nemazee, Sai Ying Pun Kai Fong Committee (西營盤街坊會) of the Fishmongers' Guild (魚販商會) and Fruit and Vegetable Sellers' Guild (蔬果販商協會). The thirty beds were donated by Tung Wah Hospital, another government hospital located in neighbouring Sheung Wan.
The hospital was opened by the English missionary group London Missionary Society on 17 October 1922. It was originally opened as a maternity hospital, with the intention to meet society's increasing demand for neonatal services, including the training of midwives and obstetricians. The London Missionary Society recruited the first foreign female doctor in Hong Kong, Dr. Alice D. Hickling, and appointed her as the director of Tsan Yuk. In her development of obstetric services, she quickly recognised the abundance of women eager to become professional midwives in Hong Kong, and had the notion to provide such training through the hospital. She suggested this to Dr. S.W. Tso (曹善允博士), Chairman of the Chinese Public Dispensary Committee (華人公共診所委員會), and he supported her proposal. Thus forward, Tsan Yuk became one of Hong Kong's foremost maternity teaching hospitals.
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