Heavy rain disrupts Queen Mary Hospital A&E Department services

Severe flooding has occurred on some roads within Queen Mary Hospital, affecting the service of the Accident and Emergency Department. 

The Hospital Authority (HA) has notified the Fire Services Department to divert patients transported by ambulance to Ruttonjee Hospital temporarily. 

It will closely monitor the situation to ensure that other emergency services are not affected.

Separately, the Immigration Department announced that services at the Immigration Headquarters and all Branch Offices, Registration of Persons Offices and Births, Deaths and Marriage Registries are temporarily suspended.

The Children Community Vaccination Centre (CCVC) and Private Clinic COVID-19 Vaccination Stations (PCVSs) under the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme will remain closed and their vaccination service will be suspended. The CCVC and PCVSs will reopen and resume vaccination service two hours after the cancellation of Black Rainstorm Warning Signal and will operate until the normal closing time.