The rebuilt Kwai Chung Hospital’s main building and Child and Adolescent Services Block are now operating, providing about 1,000 psychiatric beds and serving roughly a quarter of Hong Kong’s psychiatric patients or beds. The facilities bring together psychiatric outpatient, day-hospital and inpatient care under the redevelopment.
The new main building consolidates specialist outpatient services previously spread across different hospitals and clinics. The aim is to provide a more integrated, one-stop treatment model covering outpatient, day-hospital and inpatient services.
The hospital uses a “therapeutic village” concept, with a more spacious, open, safe and comfortable environment intended to be closer to the community. The approach is designed to support patients’ recovery and their return to society.
The Child and Adolescent Services Block provides integrated outpatient, day-hospital and inpatient psychiatric services for patients under 18. Reports have described it as Hong Kong’s only or first dedicated psychiatric services building for children and adolescents, although the wording differs between reports. The service sees about 3,000 new cases a year.
Treatment plans are to be tailored to individual needs and may include medication, psychological therapy and behavioural therapy. Rehabilitation services include simulated moving and driving, computer typing and other work-skills training, alongside daily-living lessons such as cooking, laundry and household cleaning.
Reported ward features include wider spacing between beds, en-suite toilets and private gardens. Safety measures include higher glass railings, smart-card access, wall-mounted handrails and modified fixtures such as angled taps and showers, rounded basins and plastic hooks.
Services began moving into the new facilities in phases from late March 2026. Ming Pao reported on August 19 that the new buildings were fully operational, while noting that some back-office functions and a mental-health hotline had yet to move and were expected to do so in September. Other reports said the remaining relocation work was expected by September or the end of the third quarter.
The remaining relocation work is therefore the hospital’s next expected step. Reports have also said the old facilities may later be demolished and converted into a patient rehabilitation garden, but the timing and scope of that proposal have not been settled.