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