West China Hospital,Sichuan University

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The history of the Hospital can be retraced to 1892 when the cheuch missions from Canada, the Great Britain and the United States set up Renji Hospital and Cunren Hospital respectively. In 1914 the School of Medicine in West China Union University was founded and both Renji and Cunren Hospitals became the teaching hospitals. In 1937 when Anti-Japanese war broke up, both hospitals were reconstituted to be the West China, Central and Cheloo tri-university Union Hospital and then moved to the current address. After the success of the war in 1946, the Hospital renamed University Hospital of West China Union University. In 1950 the West China Union University was taken over by the Central Government and the hospital was renamed the Hospital of West China University accordingly. In 1953 after experiencing the regulation of the departments, the West China University was named Sichuan Medical College and the hospital was named the College Hospital of Sichuan Medical College which could be also called “Chuan Yi” in a short form. In 1985, Sichuan Medical college was renamed West China University of Medical Sciences and the hospital was named First University Hospital of West China University of Medical Sciences (WCUMS). In October 2000, Sichuan University and WCUMS were emerged. In may 2001, the hospital was renamed West China Hospital/ West China School of Clinical Medicine of Sichuan University which can be simply called “West China Hospital”.

The hospital covers an area of 21 hectars, owns 300,000 square meters of building for clinical use while its fixed assets arrives at 1.4 billion RMB. The hospital has 3400 beds, which ranks the first in China and the percentage of clinical usage reaches 120%. In 2004 the Outpatient Department treated 1.9 million patients while In-patient Department treated 81,000 patients, 41,000 of whom are operation cases.. The present staff number is 2439, more than 400 of whom are professors and associate professors including one academician in Chinese Science Academy, three special professors involved in “Yangzi River Awards Plan”, the nine persons honored by “National fund of Nature Science for Outstanding Young Scientists”, 89 supervisors for PhD.students, 212 supervisors of Master’s Degree Prograsm. There exists Postdoctorate Program of National Clinical Medicine and Basic Medicine, the doctorate program of first class in clinical medicine, 21 programs leading to Doctorate Degree. The programs leading to Master’s Degree cover all the disciplines in hospital. There is 1 State Laboratory, 1 key laboratory of Ministry of Education (MOE), 2 key disciplines of MOE, 2 disciplines with the national “211” Project, five key programs of Ministry of Health , 4 key disciplines and 5 key laboratories in provincial level respectively. In past five years, the hospital obtained 140 million RMB fund for various scientific and research programs among which 127 million RMB is provided by the national fund. Nine public natural journals of academy are edited and published by the hospital. There are 34 clinical departments, 13 medical technology departments, 12 open laboratories of scientific and research centers and Sichuan International Hospital which faces the whole world.

With the construction during 113 years, especially the high-speed development in the past decade, West China Hospital has become a superior large comprehensive teaching and researching hospital with all medical disciplines, a strong teaching faculty, considerable research facilities and the update medical equipments. The hospital has been ranked among the top hospitals in China since 1990 and is the medical center of sophisticated and severe cases, the center of medical education and the scientific research in Southwest China arranged by MOH and MOE.

Excellent Medical Service and High Quality of Medical technology
Medical Service

There are 3400 beds, 34 clinical departments, 13 medical technology departments in
West China Hospital of Sichuan University. The present staff number 2439, among whom, there are over 400 professors and associate professors. With the purpose of doing good care and excellent service for the patients, the hospital sets up the Senior Experts Consulting Center, 200 special clinics and walk-in clinic without rest at weekend and noon. In order to meet the several needs of public, the hospital also sets up Community Health Center, Medical Center for Tibet public and Golden Card Hospital.

Medical Equipment

There are 3 MRI, 3 Spiral CT, ECT, Electric Gastroentestinal endoscopy, Several kinds of Endoscopies, Radio Frequence Aberration, Linear Accelerator, Automated biochemical analyzer, Colour Doppler, advanced monitoring system for ICU, PRK, X knife stereotactic radio therapy, Cellular knife therapy series in the hospital. The total value of medical equipment costs almost 500 million RMB.

Medical Service Level

With sophisticated medical technology, the comprehensive medical service of the hospital is at a national leader level. Such as combined traditional Chinese and western medicine for treatment of acute necrotic pancreatitis, Surgical treatment for lung cancer, Hemopoietic stem cell transplantation for treatment of leukemia, allogeneic in situ hepatic transplantation for treatment of severe liver diseases, renal transplantation for treatment of severe renal diseases, laparoscopic total mesorectal excision of low rectal cancer with preservation of anal sphincter, treatment of ocular fundus diseases, Surgical treatment for the complex heart diseases (1000cases/per year), advanced interventional treatment for the complex heart diseases (2500 cases/per year), Surgical treatment for the complex intracranial diseases(2000cases/per year), replantation for limbs( finger, toe), artificial joint-replacement, clinical application of tissue engineering, pectus excavatum, child’s urologic diseases, cellular knife therapy for Parkinson’s disease, biotherapy(immunotherapy, genic therapy)for the cancer, Cochlear implant, Nuclear medical treatment for hyperthyroidism with 131-I, bone cacer with 153-Sm., treatment of diabetes, viral hepatitis, schizophrenia and depression, the diagnosis of clinical laboratory, imaging of CT, MRI. The diagnosis and treatment of several ten special clinics and nearly one hundred diseases have reached high leading levels domestically and, some of which have reached international advanced level.

The secretary of Communist Party Committee of the hospital is Prof. Zheng Shangwei and the Director of the hospital is Prof. Shi Yingkang.