Chinese Medicine Hospital Project
Inpatient & Day-Patient
The Chinese medicine hospital (CMH) will provide inpatient and day-patient services.
Inpatient
Apart from the CMH outpatient clinics, the Chinese Medicine Clinics cum Training and Research Centres in the 18 districts, partnering organisations, Chinese medicine (CM) practitioners in private sector and healthcare service providers in public and private sectors can also refer patients to receive inpatient services in the CMH. Patients who are being considered as suitable for CM treatments in a hospital setting, which require monitoring on clinical conditions and response to CM treatments or long-term care may be referred to the CMH for hospitalisation.
Day-patient
Day-patients will be referred to the CMH for non-emergency CM treatment and will be discharged within the same day. Usually these patients will be relatively ambulatory and have arranged a series of consultation, assessment, interventions, training, investigation, monitoring and care in morning and/or afternoon session. Day wards are planned for patients who have to receive multiple CM interventional measures in a day, require close monitoring and observation on drug reaction after taking Chinese medicines (中藥) or receiving interventional measures, or have to be consulted by multi-disciplinary or cross specialities clinical teams.
Total capacity and ward configuration
The CMH will provide 400 patient beds comprising the following:
| (1) | 250 beds in inpatient wards |
| (2) | 90 beds in day wards |
| (3) | 40 beds in paediatrics wards |
| (4) | 20 beds in Clinical Trial and Research Centre |
Distribution of wards in the CMH
Conceptual vertical distribution of inpatient and day wards
Modular design for wards
The CMH will adopt modular design for its wards. As the CM clinical procedure normally does not require sophisticated building provision or bulk furniture and equipment, modular design will facilitate spatial re-arrangement to address changing service demands in future.
Conceptual diagrams illustrating the modular design for wards
Learn more about the Key Design Concepts of the CMH.
Associated facilities on ward floors
Common area will be available on ward floors to serve the following functions:
| (1) | Self-service facilities |
| (2) | Night pharmacy |
| (3) | Satellite rehabilitation room |
| (4) | Multi-purpose activity room |
| (5) | Satellite X-ray examination room |
Below are reference layout plans showing functional zoning of inpatient and day-patient services. Due to special configuration of each building wing, the layout of respective wards in each wing will be different.
Layout of a reference 31/32-bed inpatient ward module
Layout of a reference day ward module