The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong is scheduled to begin 24-hour inpatient services at its Tseung Kwan O facility on December 11, 2026, giving patients in Hong Kong access to round-the-clock Chinese-medicine hospital care.
The hospital’s initial capacity is planned at 115 beds: 60 government-subsidised beds, 33 market-priced beds, 20 for clinical trials and research, and two higher-acuity beds. Reports differ over whether the last two are formally classified as intensive-care or high-dependency beds.
The inpatient service is intended mainly for people with complex conditions who require continuous clinical monitoring, holistic care, additional support or combined Chinese- and Western-medicine treatment. Patients must be referred by the hospital’s outpatient department or another medical institution.
Government-subsidised inpatient care will cost HK$980 a day. Reported inclusions include accommodation, rounds by Chinese- and Western-medicine doctors, Chinese-medicine treatment, medicines, basic tests and other clinical or allied-health services.
Market-oriented care will be priced according to factors such as room type, doctors, treatment and nursing procedures. RTHK reported daily bed rates of HK$810 to HK$3,100 before additional charges, while another i-CABLE report said self-financed packages would start at HK$5,500; the supplied reports do not explain how the figures relate to one another.
Patients receiving social welfare assistance may qualify for a full waiver of the subsidised inpatient fee, although the available reports do not set out the full eligibility rules or application process.
The hospital also plans to introduce 10 specialised Chinese-medicine disease programmes in two stages, in September and November 2026. Reported examples include programmes for eczema, facial paralysis, cancer-related collaborative treatment, developmental delays in children and Parkinson’s disease, but the sources do not provide an identical list of all 10 programmes.
Capacity is expected to reach 400 beds by the end of 2030. Day-patient capacity is planned to rise from 25 to 35 beds, while projected annual outpatient attendance is expected to increase from 140,000 in the first year to more than 260,000 in the following year.