Is a medical card a hospital card?

No

The medical card is different from the urban residents' health insurance card, urban workers' health insurance card, new rural cooperative medical card, issued by a designated hospital specifically for the people, and is limited to the use of the hospital, the convenience of the people's access to health care, with certain preferential initiatives of the medical special discount card.

The diagnosis and treatment card is the first time to a certain hospital medical treatment needs to be first in the hospital's service desk or a special window for a computer-readable diagnosis and treatment IC card. It holds the patient's basic information and is the equivalent of a registration card in the past. And then you can use this card to register directly for medical treatment, if you have a local health insurance card can not apply for a diagnosis and treatment card, directly with the health insurance card registration can be