St. John Hospital (Hong Kong)

St. John Hospital (SJH) is a community hospital on the island of Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. It provides primary, emergency, and community health services.

St. John Hospital
Hospital Authority and Hong Kong St. John Ambulance
Geography
Location	Cheung Chau Hospital Road, Tung Wan, Cheung Chau, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°12′29″N 114°01′53″E
Organisation
Care system	Public, Charitable
Funding	Public hospital
Type	Community
Patron	Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par
Network	Hong Kong East Cluster
Services
Emergency department	Yes, Accident and Emergency, but serious patients will be sent to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Beds	87
History
Opened	21 November 1934; 89 years ago (1934-11-21)
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Graded Building – Grade III
Designated	22 January 2010; 14 years ago (2010-01-22)
Reference no.	611

St. John Hospital
Traditional Chinese	長洲醫院
Simplified Chinese	长洲医院
Literal meaning	Cheung Chau Hospital
Hanyu Pinyin	Chángzhōu Yī​yuàn
Yale Romanization	Chèuhngjāu Yīyún
Jyutping	Coeng4 zau1 Ji1 jyun2

History

St. John Hospital was founded as a tuberculosis sanatorium in November 1934 by the Hong Kong St. John Ambulance Association as the St. John Ambulance Association Haw Par Hospital, named after its donors: tycoon brothers Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par. The foundation stone of the Victorian-style hospital was laid by the two businessmen in 1932. The name "Haw Par Hospital" remains visible at the hospital's entrance, despite it being known now as St. John Hospital.^[1][2]

Before the opening of the St. John Hospital, residents of Cheung Chau sought medical care from The Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital, which offered traditional Chinese medicine.^[3] Since the closure of the Fong Bin Hospital in 1988,^[3] St. John Hospital has been the island's sole hospital.

The hospital has been listed as a Grade III historic building since 22 January 2010.^[4]

Facilities

As at March 2013, the hospital has 87 beds and 113 full-time equivalent staff.^[5]

The hospital provides services for about 12,000 residents of Cheung Chau.^[6] Those services include:

• 24-Hour Accident and Emergency Service
• Specialties
  • Medicine
  • Chest
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Family Planning
• Others
  • Methadone Detoxification Clinic
  • Physiotherapy
  • X-ray
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Chaplaincy
  • Dietetic
  • Courtesy Transportation for Selected Patients

References

1. "HASLink - Fun facts of public hospitals" (PDF). Hospital Authority. December 2020. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
2. "St. John Hospital" (PDF). EM Express. Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine. April 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014.
3. "Historic Building Appraisal - The Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital" (PDF). Antiquities Advisory Board. 18 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
4. "List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results (as of 7 March 2024)" (PDF). Antiquities Advisory Board. 7 March 2024. p. 22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
5. "Hospital Authority Annual Report 2012-2013" (PDF). Hospital Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2014.
6. "2011 Population Census - Fact Sheet for Islands District Council Cheung Chau South" (PDF). Hong Kong: Census and Statistics Department. 11 September 2012.

External links

• St. John Hospital - Hong Kong Hospital Authority