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Prince of Wales Hospital is a regional acute public hospital located in Sha Tin, New Territories in Hong Kong. It is also a teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).Officially opened in 1984 and named after Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince of Wales Hospital now provides approximately 1,650 hospital beds and 24 hours accident and emergency service with about 5,440 staff. It is also the regional hospital responsible for the Eastern New Territories serving Shatin, Tai Po, North New Territories, Sai Kung and the outlying islands in East New Territories.The hospital is supported by the Li Ka-shing Specialist Clinics for specialty outpatient services. The Hospital Governing Committee is the ultimate decision-making authority of the hospital. The current chief executive of the Hospital is Dr. SV Lo.HistoryFoundationThe history of Prince of Wales Hospital is connected with that of the Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, which begins in 1974 when the Hong Kong government proposed developing the second medical school and the new teaching hospital at Sha Tin.Building of Prince of Wales Hospital started on 1 December 1979. It was expected that the hospital would be completed by September 1982 and be operational by May 1983. This would permit the first batch of medical students admitted in October 1981 to start their clinical training at the hospital in July 1983. Delayed by a year, the hospital was finally completed in November 1983 and went into operation on 1 May 1984.