West China Hospital (West China Hospital, Sichuan University) is a national center for the diagnosis and treatment of difficult and critical illnesses in western China, and also the world's first-sized comprehensive single-site hospital, with China's largest and earliest overall through the College of American Pathologists (CAP) inspection and recognition of the medical testing center.
According to information on the hospital's official website in December 2015, the hospital's operational compound covers an area of more than five hundred acres, with more than 600,000 square meters of business premises. There are Chengdu Guoxue Lane headquarters and Wenjiang medical campus, fully hosted Chengdu Shangjin Nanfu Hospital (referred to as the "Shangjin Branch"), the hospital service function of each area is clearly defined: the headquarters of the hospital beds 4100, to diagnosis and treatment of difficult and critical illnesses; Wenjiang hospital area beds 200, to diagnosis and treatment of rehabilitation, oncology and chronic diseases.
Sichuan University West China Hospital was ranked first in the country in terms of total score on the social contribution ranking of Chinese public hospitals published in 2015, and ranked second in the country for five consecutive years on the list of China's best specialty reputation and best hospitals by Fudan University, and has been selected by an independent third-party survey for many consecutive years as one of the "nation's most popular tertiary hospitals.
For many years, it has been selected by an independent third-party survey as one of the top 10 "Most Popular Tertiary Hospitals in China" and one of the top 10 "Best Employers for Medical Organizations".
On December 4, 2018, it was announced as the first batch of tumor multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment pilot hospitals by the National Health and Health Commission.
On November 10, 2019, the Fudan edition of the 2018 Chinese Hospital Ranking was released, and West China Hospital of Sichuan University was ranked No. 2.
On November 2021, the Institute of Hospital Management of Fudan University released the Fudan edition of the 2020 China Hospital Comprehensive Ranking" and "2020 China Hospital Specialty Reputation Ranking", and West China Hospital of Sichuan University was ranked in the top three of the ranking.
Social services:
West China Hospital has assumed the honorable mission of the "national team", and has been at the forefront of large-scale public **** emergencies, completing a number of emergency rescue missions; at the same time, it plays a social public welfare role of regional radiation and leadership, and has been recognized as a leader in the region through the forms of counterpart aid to the construction of the management and technology output, and further training and learning, especially the West China Telemedicine Network. At the same time, it plays the role of regional radiation and leadership for social welfare, and through counterpart support for construction, management and technology export, and advanced training and learning, especially the West China Telemedicine Network Platform, it has taken the initiative to sink high-quality resources to the grassroots level, and driven the cultivation of grass-roots health talents and the enhancement of the level of medical services. It ranked first in the country in terms of total score on the ranking of social contribution of China's public hospitals published in 2015.
Earthquake relief:
In the earthquake relief of Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 and Lushan earthquake in 2013, West China Hospital, as the closest national large-scale general hospital to the epicenter of the quake, took on the important roles as a center for the rescue and treatment of difficult and complex critically injured patients, a center for technical support for hospitals in the disaster area, and a center for logistical support for medical teams from outside the province. The hospital has the highest number of critically injured patients, the highest success rate of treatment, creating many miracles in the history of the world's major disasters and medical rescue, and has been hailed by the official media as the mainstay of the medical front of the earthquake relief efforts, and has been praised by the leaders of the Party and the state as "not only having high morals, but also having superb skills", and has been awarded the "Anti-quake Relief" by the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, the State Council and the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, The Central Military Commission awarded the honorary title of "heroic group of earthquake relief".
In the Yushu Earthquake, Yiliang Earthquake, Lushan Earthquake, Ludian Earthquake, as well as other major public **** events in China, especially in the western region of the medical rescue, Huaxi Hospital is almost always the first to appear at the scene of the rescue, and played the role of the "national team" as a mainstay. At the same time, in response to the national call, the selection of clinically experienced health care team to form a national medical team to support the Tibetan region, send outstanding experts to support the construction of disciplines in Xinjiang, and experts to participate in the national medical team and serve as the captain of the assistance to Africa, etc., all reflecting the social responsibility of the West China Hospital of Sichuan University as a "national team".
Physician training:
Western China Hospital has long been responsible for the national 10,000 physicians to support rural areas, urban and rural hospitals to support each other and backbone physician training, etc., through the stationing of staff to provide targeted assistance, room visits and guidance, management training, equipment support, bidirectional referral, distance teaching and difficult consultations, etc., to support the People's Hospital of Ganzi Prefecture, the People's Hospital of Shiqiu County, the People's Hospital of Yajiang County, Yilong County People's Hospital, Tianquan County People's Hospital, Jingyan County People's Hospital and more than ten other primary hospitals, which plays an important role in promoting the cultivation of health talents in primary healthcare institutions, improving their medical service capacity and level, and upgrading their own hematopoietic capacity.
Western China Hospital enrolls more than 2,000 trainees (including long-term training, short-term special technology learning, short-term study tours, etc.) every year, covering 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, so that the trainees grow up to be the technical backbone of the grassroots hospitals, especially the hospitals of the second level or above at the provincial, municipal and county levels. Relying on the Huaxi telemedicine network platform to establish the Huaxi characteristics of remote continuing medical education training system, has covered 574 medical institutions in 15 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and annually trains 370,000 times of grassroots medical personnel, and remotely guides the diagnosis and treatment of difficult and serious patients for more than 2,400 cases.