Lai Chi Kok Hospital
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| Geography | |
| Location | 800 Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°20′17″N 114°08′31″E / 22.337922°N 114.141976°E |
| History | |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Closed | June 2004 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Hong Kong |
| Designated | 24 June 2010 |
| Reference no. | 845 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 荔枝角醫院 | ||||||||
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The former Lai Chi Kok Hospital (Chinese:荔枝角醫院), located at No.800 Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, was listed as one of the Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong. It was originally built a prison between 1921 and 1924, then converted into a hospital for infectious diseases around 1930s. The site has now been transformed into Jao Tsung-I Academy under batch 1 of the Hong Kong Government's revitalization scheme.