Editing Cheung Chau (section)

==Hospitals==

The island of Cheung Chau has one operating hospital and one abandoned hospital.

=== St. John Hospital ===

[[St. John Hospital (Hong Kong)|St. John Hospital]], also known as '''Haw Par Hospital''', was founded in 1934 by [[Hong Kong St. John Ambulance]] and has been the island's main hospital since 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fong Bin Hospital|url=http://www.cheungchaumagazine.com/%E9%95%B7%E6%B4%B2%E9%9B%9C%E8%AA%8C/tag/fong-bin-hospital-%E6%96%B9%E4%BE%BF%E9%86%AB%E9%99%A2/?lang=en|access-date=2020-09-09|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== The Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital (closed) ===

The Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital ({{Zh|t=長洲方便醫院|l=Cheung Chau Convenience Hospital|labels=no}}) was established in 1872. It was originally called the '''Asylum''' ({{Zh|t=棲留所|labels=no}}) and was not a hospital in the modern sense, in that it did not provide [[medical care]] and only functioned as a refuge for poor homeless patients to die in peace and dignity and as a [[mortuary]] for those killed in shipwrecks.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-18 |title=Historic Building Appraisal - The Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital |url=https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/593_Appraisal_En.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518202612/https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/593_Appraisal_En.pdf |archive-date=2024-05-18 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]}}</ref>

In 1915, the Asylum was expanded by a local [[Kaifong associations|kaifong association]] known as the Cheung Chau Kai Fong Hui ({{Zh|t=長洲街坊會|labels=no}}), and was subsequently renamed '''The Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital'''. The word ''Fong Bin'', meaning 'convenience' in Chinese, suggested that the hospital was meant to serve the medical needs of all. Substantial renovations took place in 1931 and 1951 to meet the rising demand for medical care in Cheung Chau and nearby [[Outlying Islands, Hong Kong|outlying islands]].<ref name=":1" />

In 1945, the ownership of the hospital was transferred to the Cheung Chau Residents' Association ({{Zh|t=長洲居民協會|labels=no}}). It was staffed by reputable doctors trained in [[traditional Chinese medicine]], and provided cheap and quality medical treatment that even attracted patients from other outlying islands.<ref name=":1" />

Since the 1934 opening of the St. John Hospital, which provides [[Western medicine]], the Fong Bin Hospital had been slowly fading away. It ultimately fell into disuse and complete abandonment in 1988.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-04 |title=Cheung Chau Fong Bin Hospital, 1872 |url=http://www.cheungchaumagazine.com/%E9%95%B7%E6%B4%B2%E9%9B%9C%E8%AA%8C/tag/fong-bin-hospital-%E6%96%B9%E4%BE%BF%E9%86%AB%E9%99%A2/?lang=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807092143/http://www.cheungchaumagazine.com/%E9%95%B7%E6%B4%B2%E9%9B%9C%E8%AA%8C/tag/fong-bin-hospital-%E6%96%B9%E4%BE%BF%E9%86%AB%E9%99%A2/?lang=en |archive-date=2020-08-07 |access-date=2020-09-09 |website=Cheung Chau Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

The hospital has been listed as a [[List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade III historic building]] since 31 August 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-07 |title=List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results (as of 7 March 2024) |url=https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/204meeting/List%20of%20the%201444%20Historic%20Buildings%20with%20Assessment%20Results%20(as%20of%207%20March%202024).pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428070131/https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/204meeting/List%20of%20the%201444%20Historic%20Buildings%20with%20Assessment%20Results%20(as%20of%207%20March%202024).pdf |archive-date=2024-04-28 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=[[Antiquities Advisory Board]] |page=22}}</ref>