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Precious Blood Hospital founded by the Precious Blood Sisters, the full name is the Precious Blood Sisters of Jesus of China,formed by Canossian Daughters of Charity in 1922. Mainly engaged in social work, education and health care in Hong Kong etc. The first religious seminary was built in Shau Kei Wan. With increasing need,Precious Blood Convent and Precious Blood Hospital was built in Un Chau Street, Sham Shui Po, in 1937. At that time the entire Kowloon Peninsula has only one public hospital - in Yau Ma Tei, Kwong Wah Hospital. The developed of this hospital provide medical services to the residents of the northern part of Kowloon was to relieve the pressure on the Kwong Wah Hospital.

At April 1993, Caritas Hong Kong take over Precious Blood Hospital. It was founded by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong in 1953. After war, the goal of Caritas is to provide relief and rehabilitation services to the disadvantaged. Since then, Caritas has been providing a number of areas of social services, including health, education, community development, as well as Caritas Hospital in 1964 in Cheung Sha Wan, providing acute and general services. In 1991, it joined the network of the Hospital Authority serving the northwest residents in Kowloon.

After Caritas took over Precious Blood Hospital, hospital was renamed as Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas), becoming the second Caritas Hong Kong's private hospitals (first one is Canossa Hospital from June 1991 onwards).