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Scope and Service

The Department of Surgery of Tung Wah Hospital provides both acute and extended medical care to surgical patients in the Hong Kong West Cluster (HKWC) of Hospital Authority. A total of 157 in-patient beds and 87 day beds are available for the surgical patients. It is also a teaching unit affiliated to Queen Mary Hospital and Department of Surgery, the University of Hong Kong.

There are total three clinical wards located on the 4/F, 6/F, and 7/F of Centenary Building. The Lung Kin Cheung Lung Cheng Tsuen Yuk Special Care Unit, a 4-bed Special Care Unit located on the 4/F of Centenary Building, provides special care for patients who are critically ill, and for those who requires intensive monitoring after major operations. There are total five operation theatres located on the 2/F and 10/F of Centenary building. Over 5,000 operations, including 1,500 major operations are being performed in these theatres annually. There are four surgery Day Centres, namely the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Shiu Chung Memorial Day Surgery Centre, the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Charitable Foundation Geriatric Urology Centre, the Hung Chao Hong Integrated Centre for Breast Diseases and the Boondy K. B. Pong Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre (Endoscopy Centre). There are two endoscopy rooms in the Endoscopy Centre and over 6,000 endoscopies, including oesophagogastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and bronchoscopy, were being performed annually. The abundance of clinical material of a general nature also makes our department renowned as an excellent teaching unit for medical students and surgical trainees.

We also run a share care program with family physicians in the HKWC - Direct Access Day Surgery Service, for patients with minor surgical problems, and Direct Access Endoscopy Service, for patients with epigastric pain or per rectal bleeding. These patients are referred from family physicians, will be discharged back to their referring doctors after their surgical problems are being investigated or settled.

In line with the mission of Hospital Authority, the Department of Surgery of TWH endeavours to provide quality patient-centered care and strive to achieve the spirit and tradition of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals as follows,

 

"To heal the sick and to relieve the distressed,
to care for the elderly and to rehabilitate the disabled."




The Department is organized into the following divisions:

• Breast Surgery
• Colorectal Surgery
• Endocrine Surgery
• Esophageal and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
• General Surgery
• Head & Neck / Plastic Surgery
• Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery
• Neurosurgery
• Urology
• Vascular Surgery

Scope of services

Acute / ambulatory Care Service

It includes specialist in-patient and day patient services, minor and major operative procedures, and endoscopy services.

 

Specialist Outpatient Service:

In connection with specialist outpatient service in Queen Mary Hospital, the department also provides outpatient clinics as listed.

• General Surgery
• Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
• Integrated Clinic for Constipation
• Hernia
• Urology

Surgical Day Centres