Construction projects to increase service capacity in NTWC

The extension of the Operating Theatre (OT) Block at Tuen Mun Hospital in the New Territories West Cluster is moving closer to becoming a reality. Already supported by the local District Council and Panel on Health Services of Legislative Council (LegCo), HA will submit funding request to LegCo’s Finance Committee, which, if granted, will see the project start as soon as next year with a scheduled completion date of 2020. The new OT Block will have at least 18 operating theatres and other facilities and will help reduce the high occupancy rate of operating theatres in the hospital.

Construction work of Tin Shui Wai Hospital's Main Block has reached the fourth and fifth floor. It is expected the hospital will roll out its services in phases next year. Yuen Long District Council members recently visited the construction site, where they were briefed on its progress.

The open area in front of Tuen Mun Hospital’s Accident & Emergency (A&E) Department and car park ( the red part in the photo) has been earmarked as the site for the extension to the hospital’s Operating Theatre Block. The hospital also plans to increase the floor space of the A&E Department and the Department of Radiology as part of the OT Block expansion.

Tin Shui Wai Hospital will incorporate green elements in the design.