The Queen Mary Hospital, located in Pok Fu Lam on Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong, is the public district general hospital and teaching hospital of the Faculty of Dentistry and Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. It has 1,706 beds. It provides general medical and surgical services to the residents of Western and Southern districts and is a tertiary referral centre for the whole territory of Hong Kong and beyond. History The hospital had its foundation stone laid on 10 May 1935 by the Governor of Hong Kong, William Peel, and was officially opened on 13 April 1937 by Andrew Caldecott, the then Governor of Hong Kong. The hospital was named for Mary of Teck, the widowed Queen consort of King George V of the United Kingdom. It then replaced the Government Civil Hospital as the main accident and emergency hospital for Hong Kong Island. The hospital was greatly expanded over the years, with two major expansion projects completed in 1955 and 1983, the 2nd being designed by London-based hospital architects, Llewelyn Davies. Buildings Queen Mary Hospital's main ward tower, Block K, is one of the tallest hospital buildings in Asia at (28 storeys). The Main Block (Wing A to E) is listed as a Grade III historic building. The Nurses Quarters is listed as a Grade II historic building. Facilities As of 31 March 2019, the hospital has 1,711 beds. Services Accident and emergency Trauma centre Anaesthesiology Clinical Oncology Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology Cardiothoracic Surgery Ear, Nose & Throat Microbiology Neurosurgery Obstetrics & Gynaecology Oral Maxillo-facial Surgery & Dental Surgery Ophthalmology Orthopaedics & Traumatology Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Paediatric Cardiology Pathology & Clinical Biochemistry Psychiatry Radiology Surgery Clinical Psychology Dietetics Medical Social Work Occupational Therapy Pharmacy Physiotherapy Prosthetics and Orthotics Podiatry Speech Therapy , Macau healthcare authorities send patients to Queen Mary Hospital in instances where the local Macau hospitals are not equipped to deal with their scenarios. Treatments In anti-leukaemic treatment, it used oral arsenic trioxide. References External links Transportation Means for QMH Hospital buildings completed in 1937 Hospital buildings completed in 1955 Hospital buildings completed in 1983 Pok Fu Lam Teaching hospitals in Hong Kong Hospitals established in 1937 University of Hong Kong 1937 establishments in Hong Kong