1869-06-01 · 上環
1869年6月1日，港府成立醫院委員會，專責籌劃興建一所華人醫院，委員包括20位華人街坊領袖及商人，其中仁記洋行買辦梁安與建南米行東主何裴然均在列。同年11月，港督麥當奴批出上環普仁街一幅土地，並撥款11.5萬元充作建院經費。
On 1 June 1869, the Hong Kong government established a hospital committee responsible for planning the construction of a Chinese hospital, with members including 20 Chinese community leaders and merchants, among them Leung On, comprador of Gibb, Livingston & Co., and Ho Pei-yin, proprietor of Kin Nam Rice Company; in November of the same year, Governor MacDonnell granted a plot of land on Po Yan Street in Sheung Wan and allocated $115,000 for the hospital's construction costs.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.155