The service contract for Eastern District Health Centre (DHC) has been awarded to the Society for Rehabilitation, while the Yan Chai Hospital Board has been awarded the future service contract for Kwai Tsing DHC, the Health Bureau announced today. 

Under the new contract, the existing Eastern DHC Express will be upgraded and the new DHC is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of this year. The existing service contract for Kwai Tsing DHC will expire in the third quarter. 

The service contracts for the two DHCs were awarded via open tenders and will last for three years.

The core centre of Eastern DHC will be located at Siu Sai Wan Health Integrated Building. It will comprise a floor area of about 1,000 sq m, which is about three times the size of the current Eastern DHC Express.

The core centre will have additional consultation rooms, rehabilitation facilities and an audio-visual assessment room, and will include facilities for enhanced health education activities. The Society for Rehabilitation is to establish two satellite centres in the district within the first year of operation.

The core centre of Kwai Tsing DHC will remain on 30/F, Tower 2 of Kowloon Commerce Centre, with main services including chronic disease management and community rehabilitation services being unchanged.

Yan Chai Hospital Board is required to establish four satellite centres in the district within the first year of operation.

Together with Eastern DHC, plus the two DHCs in Central & Western and Yau Tsim Mong Districts, the total number of DHCs across the city will increase to 10 this year.