Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok

Hospital in Chung Hom Kok, Hong Kong

Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok

Hospital Authority

Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok

Geography
Location| 128 Chung Hom Kok Road, Chung Hom Kok, Hong Kong
Coordinates| 22°12′44″N 114°11′50″E﻿ / ﻿22.2121°N 114.1973°E﻿ / 22.2121; 114.1973
Organisation
Funding| Public hospital
Type| Specialist
Network| Hong Kong East Cluster
Services
Emergency department| No, Emergency Department at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Beds| 240
Speciality| Extended care
Helipad| No
History
Opened| 1961 (1961)
Links
Lists| Hospitals in Hong Kong

Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok (Chinese: 舂磡角慈氏護養院; Cantonese Yale: Jūnghamgok Wuhyéuhngyún) is a public hospital in Chung Hom Kok, Hong Kong. It provides extended care for patients with physical disabilities and chronic illnesses. It is under the Hong Kong East Cluster managed by the Hospital Authority.

## History

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The Cheshire Home in Chung Hom Kok is one of The Cheshire Foundation Homes for the Sick in many countries, and is the first in Hong Kong. It was set up by Lieutenant Colonel Nigel Watson after he visited Hong Kong in June 1961 and noticed the need for such homes in the colony. The Cheshire Foundation Homes for the Sick were started in 1948 as a mission for the relief of suffering all over the world, after Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, a British Royal Air Force pilot during the Second World War and recipient of the Victoria Cross.[1]

The Cheshire Home in Chung Hom Kok was opened in October 1961,[2] established at the site of the former Royal Artillery camp, granted by the Government of Hong Kong. Patients were accommodated in the headquarters building formerly occupied by the gunners, and staff quarters were situated in the adjacent Nissen huts.[3] The gun site was built between 1938 and 1940;[4] and the guns were put out of action before being abandoned during the Japanese invasion in December 1941.[5]

## Services

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As of March 2013[update], the home had 240 beds and around 180 members of staff.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Cheshire Homes: One may be set up in Hongkong". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 13 June 1961. p. 6.
2. ^ "Hongkong's First Cheshire Home". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 5 October 1961. p. 6.
3. ^ Doggett, Jill (6 August 1961). "Home to be established". South China Sunday Post Herald. Hong Kong. p. 3.
4. ^ Williams, Hugh (30 November 1968). "Old fortifications". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. p. 19.
5. ^ Wordie, Jason (20 February 2011). "Out and about". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong.
6. ^ Hospital Authority Annual Report 2012–2013 (PDF). Hong Kong: Hospital Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

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* Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok
* Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
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* St. John Hospital
* Tang Shiu Kin Hospital
* Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
* Wong Chuk Hang Hospital

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East Cluster|

* Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital
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* Cheshire Home, Shatin
* North District Hospital
* Prince of Wales Hospital
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* Tai Po Hospital

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