There are four hospitals in Macau providing basic and primary health care services to the people of Macau: The following are heath centres operated by the Macau government.
St. Raphel's Hospital opened in 1569 and was the first hospital in China and Macau to offer Western medicine.
[2] It closed in 1974 to focus on elderly care.
[3] It is now home to the Consulate of Portugal in Macau.