Introduction

Tung Wah Hospital (TWH) is a sub-acute hospital in the Hong Kong West Hospital Cluster. The Department of Surgery plays a very important role in providing both acute and extended care surgical services. A wide range of multi-specialty services of the highest possible standard are accessible to the community. To achieve a seamless health care system, we work closely with the Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital. 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.

    Mission

In line with the mission of Hospital Authority, the Department of Surgery of TWH endeavors to provide quality patient-center 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'  

    Scope of Service

To provide multi-specialty high-quality medical care, Department of Surgery of TWH is organized into the following divisions,

• Hepato-Biliary & Pancreatic Surgery

• Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgery

• Head & Neck Surgery

• Colorectal Surgery

• Urology Surgery

• Breast Surgery

• Vascular Surgery

• Plastic Surgery

• Neurosurgery

• Endocrine Surgery

• ENT Surgery

In addition, we have a general surgical team that caters for general surgical problems of inpatients and outpatients. A wound care team has been established to facilitate rehabilitation of patients with wound problems. 

• Provide acute and extended medical care to surgical patients

• The ambulatory care services include inpatient and outpatient service in various specialties. They include minor and major operative procedures, and endoscopy services.

• A Direct Access Per Rectal Bleeding Clinic provides a one-stop direct access surgical service to patients presented with per rectal bleeding

• Day Surgery Centre

• Extended care service

Li Shiu Chung Day Surgery Centre

Ear, Nose and Throat Centre (ENT Centre)

Geri-Urology Centre

Hung Chao Hong Integrated Centre for Breast Diseases

    Li Shiu Chung Day Surgery Centre

• Introduction

Day surgery service in Tung Wah Hospital commenced in November 1995. It aims to provide a safe, efficient and comfortable day surgery service for the local population. It is the major day surgery service in the Hong Kong Island West and its staff is fully trained in the day surgery practice. It is also a teaching centre for ambulatory surgery of the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong.

• Mission

To deliver safe, efficient and quality day surgery services.  

• Location & Facilities

The centre is located on the tenth floor of the Centenary Building. It has a reception, a waiting area, two consulation rooms, two well-equipped operating theatres, one endoscopy unit, a recovery bay and one seminar room.

• Scope of Service

The DSC provides day case surgeries under general anaesthesia, spinal anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia, intra-venous sedation or local anaesthesia of the following specialties:

The Centre runs a pre-anaesthesia assessment clinic for patients requiring general or regional anaesthesia. A 24-hour telephone helpline is available for patients who have any queries either before or after operation. A telephone follow-up service is provided to patient after operation.

The Centre also runs two unique services

• Direct Access Day Surgery service

• Direct Access Per Rectal Bleeding ClinicProvide acute and extended medical care to surgical patients

In these services, patients can be referred by the general practitioners or general outpatient clinics to the Day Surgery Centre for treatment without going through the hospital specialist outpatient clinic. These service aim to provide a safe, convenient and fast-track service to patients with simple surgical diseases.

Examples of operations performed under general or regional anaesthesia include:

1. Hernia repair

2. Excision of breast lumps

3. Circumcision

4. Excision of larger / deep cutaneous lesions

5. Fistulotomy / haemorrhoidectomy / other peri-anal procedures

6. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

7. Trendelenburg operation of varicose veins 

• Address and Service Hours

• C10 Day Surgery Centre, 10/F, Centenary Building, Tung Wah Hospital, 12 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

• Monday to Friday: 7:30 AM to 6 PM

• Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday are closed

• Telephone: 25599399

• Fax: 25460397

    Ear, Nose and Throat Centre (ENT Centre)

• Mission

The dedication of the ENT Centre is to provide specialist care for the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of common as well as highly complicated ENT disorders in our patients. The ENT Centre maintains a state of art of care for patients with diseases of the ear, nose and throat and patients with head and neck cancers.

• Introduction

1. The ENT team comprises of experienced ENT specialists, ENT nurses and professional paramedical staff. Our audiologists are particularly experienced in the assessment and management of hearing problems and balance and inner ear disorders.

2. There are 4 consultation rooms, a Voice and Laryngeal Disorders Laboratory, treatment room ENT day surgery service, a well-equipped audiology suite to conduct hearing tests and an advanced vestibular assessment laboratory to conduct balance tests.

3. The conference room is used for patient counselling, medical teaching and academic research.

• Appointment Booking

According to the guidelines of the Hospital Authority, all consultations to the ENT Centre have to be referrals and by appointment. Hong Kong citizens who required for new case booking can be made through smartphone mobile application 'BookHA' for the following link

http://www.ha.org.hk/visitor/ha_visitor_index.asp?Content_ID=222264&Lang=ENG&Dimension=100&Ver=HTML

Mobile Apps
*Only download the mobile app from official app stores (iOS: Apple App Store; Android: Google Play)

The Hospital Authority (HA) mobile application HA Touch provides notifications on public healthcare services and activities. The app also provides handy access to useful contacts of public hospitals and clinics, fees and charges, waiting time for Accident & Emergency Departments, elective surgery and specialist out-patient services new case booking.

• Scope of Services

ENT

• General ENT Clinic
  
• General ENT Post-Operation Follow Up Clinic
  
• Otology Clinic
  
• Laryngology Clinic
  
• Sleep Disordered Breathing Clinic
  
• Facial Plastic Clinic
  
• Salivary Ductal Disease Clinic
  
• Anesthetic Assessment Session
  
• ENT Day Surgery Session
  
• Integrated Clinic for Hearing Impairment Elders (service will be launch out in late 2020)
  
  
  

Audiology

• Audiological Assessment Service
  
• Hearing Aid Prescription, Ear Mould and Fitting
  
• Bone Anchored Hearing Aids(BAHA) Implants Services
  
• Perioperative Rehabilitation Service for Cochlear Implantss
  
• Vestibular Assessment Services
  
• Dizziness Rehabilitation Exercise
  
  
  
  

Clinics run by Nursing Staff

• Triage Services (Nursing)
  
• Sleep Breathing Services (Nursing)
  
• Tracheostomy Care Services (Nursing)
  
• Integrated Model of SOP Service Through ENT Nurse Clinic- Elderly Hearing Loss
  

Educational Activities

• ENT Specialty Training for Otorhinolaryngology Specialist
  
• ENT Training for Family Medicine Trainees
  
• Teaching Hospital in ENT for medical students from HKU
  
• Certificate Course in Ear Nose & Throat Diseases for Nurses
  
• ENT Course for Healthcare Workers
  
• ENT Health Talk for Public
  

Address and Service Hours

• L4 ENT Centre, 4/F, Li Shiu Chung Memorial Building, Tung Wah Hospital, 12 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
  
• Monday to Friday: 9AM to 1PM and 2PM to 6PM
  
• Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday are closed.
  
• Telephone: 25898301
  
• Fax: 25492334
  

ENT Appointment Booking and Appointment Day Flow

    Geri-Urology Centre

• Introduction

In view of the increasing prevalence rate of incontinence and urinary disorder among Hong Kong population, causing a certain level of physiological, psychological and social impact to them as well as to their carers.

With the adequate support from the executive board of TWHGHs, C5 ward was converted into a modern center for patient with urology problems on MARCH 2001. Run by experienced specialists and nurses, providing urology specialist services, like investigations, diagnostic tests, treatments, education services. Aim to provide high quality, comprehensive and holistic care for the individuals who have urology diseases.

• Mission

• To centralize and facilitate the delivery of Urology Service.

• To minimize psychological, biological and social impacts of people.

• Scope of Service

• Urology Comprehensive Ambulatory Program

• Flexible Cystoscopy

• Trans-Urethral Ultrasound of Prostate and Biopsy (TRUSP + Bx)

• Urodynamic Study (UD)

• Uroflowmetry (U +Ru)

• Intra-Vesical Chemotherapy (IVC)

• Continence Care Team

• Nurse-Led Urology Clinic

• Change of Foley (Supra-pubic and Urethral)

• Education on

1. Bladder Training
2. Pelvic Floor Muscles Exercise
3. Clean Intermittent Self Catheterization
4. Self Dilatation
5. Pre-TRUS(P) Bx education

• Extracorporeal Magnetic Innervation (EXMI)

• P.S.A. Clinic (Prostate specific antigen)

• Telephone follow up

• Address and Service Hours

• C5 Ambulatory Urology Center, 5/F, Centenary Building, Tung Wah Hospital, 12 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

• Monday to Friday: 8AM to 1PM and 2PM to 6PM

• Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday are closed

• Telephone: 25898131

• Fax: 25475009

    Hung Chao Hong Integrated Centre for Breast Diseases

• Introduction

The increasing prevalence rate of breast diseases in Hong Kong population has caused certain level of physiological, psychological and social impact to both clients as well as to their carers. To respond this challenge, C5 Breast Centre was established in March 2001with the full support from the Executive Board of TWHGHs. The Centre is run by the full team of experienced breast specialists and breast nurses who aim to provide high quality and comprehensive breast specialist services and holistic care for the individuals with breast diseases.

• Mission

• To centralize and facilitate the delivery of breast service.

• To provide high quality, comprehensive and holistic are for the individuals with breast diseases through education, prevention and rehabilitation perspectives

• Scope of Service

• One Stop Breast Service

• Breast Multidisciplinary Service

• Definitive breast surgery

• Breast Surgical Oncology service

• Breast Surgery and Oncology trial

• Breast reconstruction

• Lymphedema program

• Nurse-Led Breast Clinic

• Pre and post-operative comprehensive assessment and education

• Post-operative wound and drain nursing care

• Patient education seminar

• Counselling and consultation

• Patient education seminar

• Telephone follow up

• Breast Support Group activities

• Address and Service Hours

• C5 Hung Chao Hong Integrated Centre for Breast Diseases, 5/F, Centenary Building, Tung Wah Hospital, 12 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

• Monday to Friday: 8AM to 1PM and 2PM to 6PM

• Closed on Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays

• Telephone:25898151

• Fax: 25475009

Post-Operative Drain Care Education