Tung Wah Group of Hospitals

The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Chinese: 東華三院), with a history dating back to 1870, is the oldest and largest charitable organisation in Hong Kong. It provides extensive education and community services through 194 service centres spread across Hong Kong.

"Tung Wah" redirects here. For other uses, see Tung Wah (disambiguation).

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
Traditional Chinese東華三院
Simplified Chinese东华三院

Although Tung Wah Group of Hospitals is purely a charitable organisation today, it was originally an organisation that brought together the most influential Chinese magnates of Hong Kong in early colonial period. Tung Wah Group of Hospitals is also responsible for the management of Man Mo Temple, once an important cultural centre of colonial Hong Kong.

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals' Gallery, can be found in Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, exhibits antiques of the charitable organisation. Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Museum, also managed by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, is located inside Kwong Wah Hospital.

Name origin
Tung Wah Hospital

The Chinese name of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, 東華三院, literally means three hospitals of Tung Wah. The three hospitals are Tung Wah Hospital (1890), Kwong Wah Hospital (1911) and Tung Wah Eastern Hospital (1929), all were founded by local Chinese. They formed a group in 1931, the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.

Board of directors

The Board of Directors of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals is responsible for ensuring the charitable organization is properly maintained. All board appointments require consent of Government of Hong Kong.[1]

The incumbent chairman of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Lee Yuk-lun, took office on 6 April 2017, succeeding his predecessor, Katherine Ma.[2]

Hospital services

Five hospitals are under the umbrella of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, including Tung Wah Hospital, Kwong Wah Hospital, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Tai Sin Hospital and Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Fung Yiu King Hospital, providing a total of 2,652 hospital beds as of 2017.[3] It is Tung Wah's policy to provide at least 600 beds free of charge, of which 200 may be funded by the government.[4]

TWGH also operates nursing home services for the elderly:

School of Nursing

Providing competent nurse education has been a mission of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals since 1964, when nursing schools of Tung Wah Hospital, Kwong Wah Hospital and Tung Wah Eastern Hospital were merged. With the expansion of Kwong Wah Hospital, where the merged nursing school was settled, more students were admitted to its nursing school. Three classes, with a total of over 210 students, were commenced every year. Rebecca Chan Chung (鍾陳可慰), a United States Army nurse in China during World War II and author of Piloted to Serve, had supervised the nursing school from 1964 to 1975.[5][6]

Education Division

The group operates 52 schools in Hong Kong, including one degree granting tertiary institution, 18 secondary schools, 17 primary schools, 15 kindergartens and two schools for the mentally handicapped. Except for the degree granting tertiary institution and kindergartens, the other schools are all directly funded by the government.

Self-financing degree granting tertiary institution:

Secondary schools:[7]

Primary schools include:

Community Services Division

As at March 2006, Tung Wah operated 134 community service centres:[8]

See also

References
  1. "Hong Kong e-Legislation". www.elegislation.gov.hk. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  2. "Inauguration Ceremony of the TWGHs Board of Directors 2017/2018 and Joint Dinner of the Boards of Directors 2016/2017 and 2017/2018" (PDF). Tung Wah News. April Issue 2017: 1. April 2017.
  3. "Medical Division." Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  4. "Free Medical Services." Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  5. "Chung remembers mother's service during World War II - UB Now: News and views for UB faculty and staff - University at Buffalo". www.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  6. "Piloted to Serve". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  7. "Secondary Education | Tung Wah Group of Hospitals". www.tungwah.org.hk. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  8. "Services Introduction | Tung Wah Group of Hospitals". www.tungwah.org.hk. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  9. "Chinese Temples Committee". www.ctc.org.hk. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  10. Annual Report 2007-2008. Hong Kong: Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. 2008. p. 209.
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