香港公营医疗体系内首间集中提供大部分第三层医疗服务的儿童专科医院 — 香港儿童医院于2月25日进行动土，带领香港公营医疗服务进入新里程。
香港儿童医院的服务将面向全港，并由九龙中医院联网提供管理及行政支援。该院预计2018年开始分阶段投入服务，主要接受复杂、罕见及需要跨专科治疗的儿科转介个案，首阶段提供的服务包括儿童癌症、心脏科、肾科、外科及深切治疗等。医院亦将成为儿科科研及人才培训的中心，继续加强本港医疗研究及创新发展，实行医、教研合一，使科研突破能应用于临床治疗上。
在筹组新医院时，医管局得到辖下医院儿科及相关部门的医护及专职医疗人员广泛参与，并参考外国筹组及提供儿科服务的经验。新医院将与现时13间设有儿科部门的公立医院紧密合作，相辅相成，组成一个完整的儿童专科服务网络，为市民提供更佳服务。
位置：启德发展区
病床数目：468张
建造成本：约130亿港元
启用时间：2018年开始分阶段投入服务
设施：16.5万平方米，包括两座大楼，提供住院及日间医疗服务，设有综合康复中心，主要手术室、临床化验室、研究化验室、医院数据中心、教育和培训设施。
A ceremony held on 25 February for Hong Kong Children's Hospital (HKCH) broke both literal and metaphorical ground - marking not only the beginning of HKCH’s construction, but also a new stage in Hong Kong's medical services with the development of the first hospital to focus predominantly on tertiary healthcare for children.
HKCH is going to provide territory-wide service, while it will obtain management and administrative support from Kowloon Central Cluster. HKCH is scheduled to start providing services in phases from 2018. The hospital will offer quality specialty care for referred paediatric patients with complex or rare conditions that require multi-disciplinary management. HA has started working on the paediatric service re-organisation and manpower planning for service commencement in 2018. Examples of services to be provided in the initial phase include oncology, cardiology, nephrology, surgical and intensive care, etc. A crucial element of HKCH’s final ambit is to facilitate medical advancements and innovation by becoming a research and training centre for paediatric medicine.
The development of the hospital has been widely supported by clinicians from all disciplines involved in paediatric care. The pre-construction planning phase included making reference to international experience in the organisation and delivery of paediatric services. HKCH will work closely with the Hospital Authority’s 13 existing paetiatric departments to further strengthen HA’s capacity to provide quality medical services for children.
Location: Kai Tak Development Area
Number of ward beds: 468 beds
Construction cost: HK$13 billion
In service: Services roll out in phases from 2018
Facilities: Two towers that will collectively provide a floor area of around 165,000 m². The towers will house in-patient services and ambulatory care services facilities. They include an Integrated Rehabilitation Centre, operating theatres, clinical laboratories, research laboratories, a hospital data centre, as well as education and training facilities.