Department of Health (Hong Kong)

Department of Health
Department of Health
Traditional Chinese	衞生署
Simplified Chinese	卫生署
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wèi Shēng Shǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Waih sāang chyúh
Jyutping	Wai6 saang1 cyu5

Department of Health
衞生署
Agency overview
Headquarters	21/F, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East Wan Chai Hong Kong Island
Employees	4,669 [1]
Annual budget	HK$$5.3012 billion (2012–13) [2]
Agency executive	Dr. Ronald Lam Man Kin, Director of Health;
Parent agency	Health Bureau
Website	www.dh.gov.hk

Hong Kong's Department of Health is responsible for healthcare policies and the provision of basic healthcare services and established in 1939. The public hospitals are managed by the department's Hospital Authority. The department reports to the Health Bureau.

The department is headed by the Director of Health, a position currently held by Dr. Ronald Lam Man Kin.