Kwai Chung Hospital
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Kwai Chung Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Kwai Chung
Kwai Chung
Kwai Chung is a town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District of Hong Kong. Kwai Chung is the site of the container port. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town. In 2000, it had a population of 287,000...

, Hong Kong
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. Located near Princess Margaret Hospital
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, it provides 1372 psychiatric beds and serves the population of Kowloon
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, Kwai Chung
Kwai Chung
Kwai Chung is a town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District of Hong Kong. Kwai Chung is the site of the container port. It is also part of Tsuen Wan New Town. In 2000, it had a population of 287,000...

, Tsing Yi
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, Tsuen Wan
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, Tung Chung
Tung Chung
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 and Outlying Islands
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Apart from in-patient psychiatric services for adult psychiatric patients, it also develops psychiatric specialty services which include Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services, Psychogeriatric Services, Community Psychiatry, Consultation Liaison Services, Substance Abuse Assessment Unit and Psychiatric Unit for Learning Disabilities.

The hospital also provides out-patient department and day hospital services for psychiatric patients in West Kowloon Psychiatric Centre, East Kowloon Psychiatric Centre and Yaumatei Psychiatric Centre.

The hospital is reachable by Lai King Hill Road.
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