Anaesthesia & Operation Theatre Services

Introduction

Our department was established in March 1990 after the opening of Tuen Mun Hospital. We are cluster-based and perform over 26,000 anaesthetics every year within the New Territories West Cluster.

Scope of Services

Core operative services:

As a tertiary centre, Tuen Mun Hospital (TMH) provides operative care for every surgical specialty (except open heart surgery), including:

• General surgery and urology
• Vascular surgery
• Plastic and reconstructive surgery
• Thoracic surgery
• Neurosurgery
• Orthopaedics and traumatology
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Otorhinolaryngology
• Dental and maxillofacial surgery
• Ophthalmology

Our services outside the operating theatres include:

• Airway management and trauma resuscitation
• Labour analgesia
• Acute and chronic pain service, including interventional pain management
• Provision of anaesthesia in remote settings, e.g. electroconvulsive therapy, radiology suite, radiotherapy suite, cardiac catheterisation
• Perioperative medicine services:
  • Preanaesthetic assessment clinic/ perioperative multidisciplinary clinic
  • Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
  • Intravenous iron therapy
  • Nurse preoperative assessment clinic
  • Surgery school
  • Education on parental presence at induction of anaesthesia (for paediatric patients)
  • Extended post-anaesthetic care unit

Operating Theatre Block Extension

To cope with the increasing patient demand for surgical services in NTWC, the new Operating Theatre Block in TMH commenced service in 2023. The new block consists of over 20 theatres, including specialized suites for provision of robotic surgery, IR/endovascular procedures (i.e. hybrid theatre), intraoperative MRI and endoscopy. Our extended post-anaesthetic care unit enables close monitoring of patients after major elective surgery and decreases the need for elective intensive care unit admissions.

Contact Us