The First Affiliated Hospital: Shanghai Changhai Hospital
The First Affiliated Hospital of the Second Military Medical University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), externally known as Shanghai Changhai Hospital (SCH), was founded in 1949 and is a modernized large-scale comprehensive hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching and scientific research. it was firstly rated as a Grade 3A hospital in 1993, and was awarded as one of the top 100 hospitals in China in 1998. It has been awarded the title of "Civilized Unit" in Shanghai for 13 consecutive years.
The hospital covers an area of 320,000 square meters, with a building area of 276,000 square meters, including 176,000 square meters of working rooms and 100,000 square meters of living rooms, realizing the separation of the medical area, teaching and research area, and living area. Now, there are medical buildings with reasonable layout and advanced facilities such as Ward Building, Science and Technology Building, Medical Technology Building, Second Medical Technology Building, Chest and Heart Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Building, Outpatient and Emergency Clinic Building, Diagnostic Imaging Center Building, Infection Department Building, Hospitality Building, Reproductive Research Center Building, Preparation Building, etc., as well as the "Garden of Happiness" for patients to take a rest, "Xinyuan" and other places with elegant environment and pleasant scenery for patients' rest. The hospital has 49 departments with more than 1800 beds. The hospital has a group of well-known experts and professors at home and abroad, as well as young and middle-aged technical backbones. The hospital has 25 doctoral points, 40 master's points and 4 postdoctoral mobile stations. Every year, it completes the teaching task for more than 3,000 students of medical, pharmacy, nursing and other specialties of the Second Military Medical University and foreign students***.
The hospital is equipped with advanced equipment, including positron emission tomography (PET), 3 sets of ultra-high-grade spiral CT, 3 sets of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 4 sets of digital subtractive scanner (DSA), nuclide scanner (ECT), linear gas pedal, hyperbaric oxygen chamber, excimer laser, laser scalpel, automatic biochemistry analyzer, and intensive care system, etc. In 2007, all the diagnostic and treatment equipments of the hospital were installed in the hospital. In 2007, the hospital's outpatient and emergency treatment volume reached more than 1.508 million, discharged 46,600 patients, and completed 23,800 surgeries. The quality of medical care has been steadily improved, and the published papers, awarded scientific research funds and scientific research achievements have maintained the leading level of major hospitals in China over the years. Two journals, Chinese Journal of Pancreatic Diseases and Pharmacy Services and Research, were founded.
Medical Characteristics
Since the 1960s, it has successively formed the special disciplines of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Burn Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Hematology and Gastroenterology. It now has 15 national key disciplines, 13 military specialty institutes and centers, 2 military key laboratories, 2 clinical medical centers in Shanghai, 3 medical quality control centers in Shanghai, 1 model discipline in Shanghai, and is now the base of clinical pharmacology for the whole army and the whole country. Some of the research projects are of international advanced level. The hospital focuses on the innovation and application of high and new technology in the prevention and treatment of cerebrovascular disease, vascular surgery, diagnostic imaging, X-ray knife, microwave therapy, laparoscopic surgery, "cellular knife" treatment of Parkinson's disease, cosmetic surgery, excimer laser myopia surgery, holmium laser treatment of urinary stones, diagnosis and treatment of anal and intestinal disorders, radiotherapy, interventional therapy, gene therapy, trauma treatment, room treatment and treatment, etc. The hospital is also a model discipline of Shanghai Clinical Medical Center, Gene therapy, trauma treatment, atrial septal defect sealing, cervical spine disease diagnosis and treatment, combined traditional Chinese and western medicine treatment of middle and advanced liver cancer and blood purification, etc., each of which has its own strengths and has formed new features.