Prince of Wales Hospital

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This article is about a hospital in Hong Kong. For the hospital in Sydney, Australia, see Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. There also exists another Prince of Wales Hospital in the United Kingdom.

Location
Prince of Wales Hospital
Place	Sha Tin New Territories, Hong Kong, (China)
Organisation
Care System	Medicare
Hospital Type	Teaching, General
Affiliated University	Medical Faculty of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Services
Emergency Dept.	Yes
Beds	1360
History
Founded	1984
Links
Website	Unknown
See also	Hospitals in China

Prince of Wales Hospital (traditional Chinese: 威爾斯親王醫院), located in Sha Tin of New Territories in Hong Kong, is a public hospital and the teaching hospital of the Medical Faculty of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Opened in 1984, Prince of Wales Hospital provides about 1 360 hospital beds and 24 hours accident and emergency service with almost 4 000 staff. It is also the regional hospital of the Eastern New Territories serving Shatin, Tai Po, North New Territories, Sai Kung and the outlying islands in East New Territories.

This hospital was made world-famous (or perhaps infamous) during the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong.

The hospital is also supported by the Li Ka-shing Specialist Clinics for specialty outpatient services.

The Hospital Governing Committee (HGC) is the ultimate decision making authority of the hospital.

The chief executive of the Prince of Wales Hospital is Dr. Fung Hong.

The hospital was named in honor of Charles, Prince of Wales, son of Queen Elizabeth II.