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North District Hospital
Amid the rapidly growing and ageing population in
New Territories North, NDH has strived to strengthen
its service capacity in different aspects to cope with
the escalating demand for healthcare service in the
community. The setting up of the North District
Community Health Centre in Sheung Shui has been well
underway to provide better primary care in the long run
while the preparatory works of NDH expansion project,
which would bring in 1,500 additional beds, has also
been proceeding in full swing.
A new angiographic machine was installed at the
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory which also
extended its service hours in 2019.
Round-the-clock thrombolytic service for stroke
patients was launched in 2019, facilitated by tele-
consultation of neurologists.
A second computed tomography scanner
was procured in 2020, enhancing the service
throughput and the image quality significantly at
the same time.
Transperineal prostate biopsy was introduced by
Hospital’s report 2018-2020 the Urology Team in 2018 to improve examination
accuracy and reduce infection risk for suspected
prostate cancer cases.
