[3] Queen Elizabeth Hospital was officially opened on 6 September 1963 by then Governor of Hong Kong, Robert Black.

[4] Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh laid the hospital's foundation stone on 7 March 1959.

It is also a teaching center for basic and post-graduate training of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

They included the provision of an Open Heart and Thoracic Surgical Services and an Adolescent Medical Centre.

The hospital pioneered a two-year training post of Family Physicians in QEH in July 1996 to promote high quality health care practitioners and expanded the initiative into a wider programme with corporate support in 1997.

Redevelopment of the Ambulatory Care Centre, with specialist clinics, day surgery and rehabilitation services included under one roof, was completed by 1997.