The First People's Hospital of Wuxi (The First Hospital of Wuxi Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University) was originally located in the center of Wuxi City with beautiful scenery, and is now located at No. 299, Qingyang Road, Wuxi City (southeast corner of the junction of Jincheng Road and Qingyang Road). It was founded in 1927, and in 1946, Mr. Rong Desheng, Mr. Gao Jingtai and others built the Wuxi Public Hospital, and in 1954, it was named the Wuxi First People's Hospital. At present, the hospital has a building area of more than 60,000 square meters, with 2,500 beds (including 200 children's beds), 1,122 employees, 390 senior and middle-level professionals, and 37 postgraduates. There are 1 person cultivated under the provincial "135" project, 5 persons cultivated under the provincial "333" project, and 3 top talents in the city. There are 6 experts enjoying the special allowance of the State Council, Wuxi Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Beijing Children's Hospital, Network Hospital of Emergency Rescue Center of the Ministry of Health, Laparoscopy Training Center of Jiangsu Province, Wuxi Base of Endovascular Treatment of Beijing Neurosurgical Research Institute, Wuxi Institute of Clinical Medical Experiment, Wuxi Radioimmunity Detection Center, Wuxi Clinical Pathology Quality Control Center, Wuxi Imaging Quality Control Center and Wuxi Medical Intelligence Center are all located in the hospital. Wuxi Medical Information Center.
The First People's Hospital of Wuxi has 30 clinical departments, 12 medical and technical departments, 21 wards, 40 specialized outpatient clinics, and 2 specialized laboratories, and it is a tertiary-level comprehensive hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, preventive health care, and emergency care. The new comprehensive medical building has a construction area of 40,000 square meters, with a main body of 23 floors. It has advanced ICU, CCU ward and foreign guest ward, blood purification center, laminar flow operation room, and the whole hospital is equipped with first-class facilities such as central oxygen supply, central suction, central air-conditioning, computer local area network, satellite closed-circuit TV, etc. A large number of high, precise and advanced equipments are available in the hospital. A large number of high-precision and advanced equipments provide an effective guarantee for the high efficiency and accuracy of clinical diagnosis and treatment. The hospital's cardiovascular internal medicine, urology for the provincial key specialties, endocrinology, hematology for the municipal key specialties, cardiac pacing, kidney transplantation, leukemia treatment and other technologies are at the domestic advanced level.
In recent years, the hospital has carried out a number of new technologies and projects, such as in situ kidney transplantation, relative kidney transplantation, pancreas-kidney combined organ transplantation, autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, liver transplantation and so on. In addition, the hospital's Endocrinology and Nephrology, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, etc. also enjoy a good reputation both inside and outside the city. The hospital has extensive friendly contacts and academic exchanges with Australia and other countries as well as Taiwan and Hong Kong. Since 1997, the hospital has been identified as a demonstration site for creating civilized health industry in Jiangsu Province, it has always adhered to the patient-centered approach, and has launched a series of new initiatives for the convenience, benefit and welfare of the people every year to continuously improve the quality of service. The first in the province to open the "one-stop service center, 168 patient service center and price announcement system, service commitment system, cost inquiry system, etc. have distinctive characteristics of the industry. For many years, the hospital has been awarded as "Advanced Collective of National Health System", "Civilized Unit of Jiangsu Province", "Civilized Hospital of Jiangsu Province", "Advanced Collective of Health System Conduct", "Advanced Collective of Health System Conduct", "Advanced Collective of Health System Conduct", and "Advanced Collective of Health System Conduct". Jiangsu Province Civilized Hospital", "Jiangsu Province Advanced Collective of Health System" and so on. Recently, it has been awarded the title of "Jiangsu Provincial Civilized Unit Pioneer".
The First People's Hospital of Wuxi is the largest Grade 3A general hospital in the city, integrating medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, preventive health care and first aid. Founded in 1927, it now operates under the same management system as Wuxi Children's Hospital, with two brands and one team. It is now an affiliated hospital of Nanjing Medical University, a network hospital of the Emergency Rescue Center of the Ministry of Health, and has a number of scientific research and academic institutions, such as the Jiangsu Province Laparoscopic Surgery Training Center, the Wuxi base of the Nanjing Medical University Atherosclerosis Research Center, and the Wuxi Hospital Biotechnology Research Center of the Soochow University School of Life Sciences. The Wuxi Clinical Medical Laboratory Research Institute, Radioimmunity Testing Center, Clinical Pathology Quality Control Center, Imaging Quality Control Center, and Medical Intelligence Center are also located in our hospital. It is now the only medical unit in the city that has passed the national drug clinical trial organization recognition.
The hospital has 1,026 beds, 30 clinical departments, 12 medical and technical departments, 21 hospital districts, 2 specialized laboratories, and 40 specialist outpatient clinics; there are 4 provincial-level key specialties (cardiovascular internal medicine, urology, hematology, and endocrinology), 3 municipal key specialties (hepatobiliary surgery, gastroenterology, and imaging), and 8 master's degree granting sites, such as the department of urology. The number of annual outpatient and emergency care has reached 100,000,000. The annual outpatient and emergency treatment volume has reached more than 1 million, and 30,000 patients are discharged annually. In recent years, the hospital has carried out a number of new technologies and projects that fill the gaps in East China, such as islet cell-kidney joint transplantation, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, and implantation of intelligent pacemaker AT500. In the past three years, the hospital has won the second prize of the National Medical and Health Achievements, the third prize of the Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress, the second prize of the Municipal Scientific and Technological Progress, 12 third prizes, and 5 fourth prizes, and the number and level of prizes won are the highest among all hospitals in the city.
The hospital always adhere to the patient-centered, the first in the province to open a "one-stop service center" and the service commitment system, price disclosure system, cost query system, etc. have distinctive characteristics of the industry. In the past two years, on the basis of establishing and improving the "one-stop" service center of outpatient clinic of the first hospital, the "one-stop" service of outpatient clinic of the pediatric hospital has been established. On the basis of "open-type dispensing" in the outpatient pharmacy, it has innovated service modes such as "sitting and waiting to get medicine", "registering voice prompts" and "one-meter line", reflecting the "one-stop" service mode. The "one-meter line" service model reflects the "people-oriented" idea of convenience, pro-people, and benefit the people.