Conveyance of Emergency Patients to a Particular Hospital/Clinic

With effect from 0830 hrs on 1 November 2005, all emergency patients would be conveyed to the Accident & Emergency Department of the nearest designated Hospital Authority (HA) hospital/clinic, except the followings:-

  

(i)

Emergency patients entering Hong Kong who have been pre-arranged for admission to a particular HA hospital and the patient’s condition is stable enough for a longer journey;

(ii)

Emergency patients on production of a valid certificate issued by HA which states that he/she is required to be treated in a designated HA hospital provided that the request being made is related to the medical condition as specified in the certificate and the patient’s condition is stable enough for a longer journey;

(iii)

Emergency patients with genuine medical reasons (e.g. specialized medical treatment is immediately available there, patients with chronic illness have been previously treated or admitted in that private hospital, admission to that private hospital for emergency treatment is pre-arranged, etc.) may be conveyed to a private hospital of their own choice provided that the conveyance of patients to the private hospital of their own choice is in the best interest of the patients.

  

If the patient’s request for conveyance to a hospital of their own choice is acceded to, the patients or the guardian / relative, if the patient is under the age of 18, should be requested to sign a request form FS 319. The patient will undertake the full responsibility and liability of making such request.