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    Hong Kong: Health / Vaccines and Medecines

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    Vaccines and Medecines in Hong Kong

    Guides: Hong Kong > Health / Vaccines and Medecines
    8/04/2010

    For vaccines, here is a list of what to do:

    • Diphtheria Sometimes
    • Hepatitis A Sometimes
    • Malaria No
    • Rabies Yes
    • Tetanus Yes
    • Typhoid Yes
    • Yellow Fever No

    Plus the usual list of vaccines that you need to check up.

    Hospitals

    See the GPs, doctors and physicians section for more information on hospitals but here is a non-exhaustive list of hospitals, all run by the Hospital Authority you can go to knowing that you do not need to pay for an emergency:

    • Queen Mary Hospital
      Pok Fu Lam
      Hong Kong Island
      Hong Kong
      Website: www.pqmh.org.hk
    • Tung Wah Hospital
      12 Po Yan Street
      Possession Point
      Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island
      Hong Kong
      Website: www.tungwah.org.hk
    • Ruttonjee Hospital
      Wan Chai
      Hong Kong Island
      Hong Kong, China
      Website: here
    • Queen Elizabeth Hospital
      30 Gascoigne Road
      Kowloon
      Hong Kong
      Website: here
      Tel:(852) 2958 8888
    • Prince of Wales Hospital
      30-32 Ngan Shing Street
      Sha Tin
      New Territories
      Hong Kong
      Website: here
    • Tuen Mun Hospital
      23 Tsing Chung Koon Road
      Tuen Mun
      New Territories
      Hong Kong
      Website: here

    Pharmacies

    Hong Kong will have most of the drugs you would find in your own country (whether prescribed or not) with perhaps slightly different names but the generics will be the same obviously.

    Again here is a non-exhaustive list of pharmacies where you may get you medicines from and where hopefully you should be understood if you speak some English:

    • Honorex Pharmacy Ltd
      G/F, 74 Hennessy Road
      Wanchai, Hong Kong
      Telephone: 2527-4738
      Fax: 2865-6450
      Office Hours: Mon - Sat: 9:00AM - 7:00PM, Sun: Closed, Public Holiday: 10:00AM – 5:00PM
    • Mannings Hong Kong
      There are over 273 Mannings outlets in Singapore which is basically something like Boots in the UK or Shoppers Drugmart in Canada.
      You can find where they are located here
    • A. S. Watsons
      Part of Hutchinson Group, for beauty and drugs, you can find several of theses shops around Hong Kong.
      You can find where they are located here
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