The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     A Hospital Authority (HA) spokesperson announced that non-emergency services of public hospitals will be suspended from this afternoon (September 23), including services of general out-patient clinics, specialist out-patient clinics, allied health clinics (such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, etc), geriatric day hospitals and psychiatric day hospitals, ambulatory services, non-emergent laboratory tests (such as blood tests and returning of specimens) and diagnostic services.
      
     The HA spokesperson said, "Non-urgent patients should avoid visiting public hospitals or clinics during storm or adverse weather conditions for the sake of safety. Public hospitals will resume all affected non-emergency services as soon as possible after the Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 is cancelled. Affected patients will be notified gradually in the coming week to reschedule their appointments. Patients do not need to be concerned. All clusters have also set up hotlines for patients' enquiries (see attached table)."
      
     During the period when the Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 or above is in force, all acute services at public hospitals, including services of accident and emergency departments, inpatient services, and emergency surgeries, will remain as normal.
      
     The HA Major Incident Control Centre will closely monitor the operations of all hospitals and maintain close communication with relevant government departments to ensure public hospital services remain unaffected during adverse weather conditions.

Annex

Hotlines for patients' enquiries
 

Clusters	Hotline
Hong Kong East Cluster	6460 4303
Hong Kong West Cluster	2255 4177
Kowloon East Cluster	2379 9611
Kowloon Central Cluster	3506 5300
Kowloon West Cluster	2990 1111
New Territories East Cluster	3505 4373
New Territories West Cluster	2468 5422

Ends/Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Issued at HKT 11:30

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