The Department of Cardiology of Guangzhou Railway Central Hospital is one of the key specialties of Guangdong Province's "Five-one Science and Education Project", "Key Specialty of the Ministry of Railways" and "Key Specialty of the First Hospital Affiliated to Guangdong Pharmaceutical University". After many years of construction, the Department of Cardiology has developed into a key specialty with advanced medical technology and scientific research in one, which is endowed with special characteristics. The department has 36 comfortable and clean inpatient beds and 6 well-equipped CCU monitoring beds, as well as a cardiac electrophysiology examination room, color cardiac ultrasound examination room, interventional catheterization room.
The Department of Cardiology has a united and pragmatic medical team. There are more than 30 medical and nursing staff, including two chief physicians, three deputy chief physicians, six attending physicians and one resident. The department emphasizes on talent cultivation and knowledge updating, and in recent years, 3 people have finished their master's degree and 4 others are studying. In recent years, the equipment conditions have been constantly updated and improved. Now it has Philips V5000 DSA machine, the most advanced Philips 5500 color cardiac ultrasound machine in Guangdong Province, Hewlett-Packard center table multifunctional monitor, Bear-1000 ventilator, ARROW A-CAT intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation machine, Siemens multicontact electrophysiological cardiology recorder, ambulatory blood pressure workstations, and other advanced examination and treatment equipment. With strong technical force, there are 20 dental professionals, 5 associate chief physicians and associate professors (one of them is a master's tutor), and 4 attending physicians (one of them is a doctor). The department has advanced equipment, with nearly 20 imported dental chairs from Germany, the United States and Japan. In recent years, the quality of medical services in the Department of Stomatology has been significantly improved, and the incidence rate of medical liability accidents and medical errors is zero; the staff of the department has a clear division of labor and responsibilities, and strives to provide patients with convenient and efficient medical services. Strict implementation of the physician law, improve the stomatology sterilization and isolation instruments, the use of disposable medical equipment, to ensure that each patient to use a disinfection handpiece. Recently, we have added a sterilization room with new equipment such as card-type handpiece sterilizers, protective masks, and digital panoramic X-ray photo machines.
The Department of Stomatology has 5 beds and is capable of admitting and treating all kinds of oral and maxillofacial surgery patients. It is a key specialty of the former Ministry of Railways with 4 deputy chief physicians, 4 attending physicians, 11 nurse practitioners and nurses. Orthopedic wards after renovation and remodeling in April this year, the existing 40 beds.
The commonly used instruments in orthopedics include: Siemens C-arm X-ray machine, multi-functional orthopedic surgical beds, pivotal method of mold discoscopy, arthroscopy, Stryker drills and chainsaws and a number of imported equipment.
One of the more unique programs of our department is the treatment of hip fracture in the elderly. From the early 70's, the first total hip arthroplasty has accumulated more than 30 years of clinical experience. In the past 10 years, we have carried out total knee and shoulder arthroplasty. 98 years ago, we carried out intervertebral discoscopy surgery in the province. In recent years, various spinal surgeries have been carried out, including spinal tumor resection, artificial vertebral body replacement, anterior and posterior internal fixation of spine, etc. Microsurgery is also an important part of orthopedic surgery. Microsurgery is also one of the specialties of orthopedic surgery, including bone grafting with blood vessels, amputated limb (finger) reconstruction and toe graft thumb reconstruction. At the same time, the department has accumulated a lot of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of trauma to the limbs and spine caused by car accidents and other traumatic injuries.
In terms of scientific research, the "heterogeneous bone intervertebral fusion device" was awarded the third prize for scientific and technological progress by Guangzhou Railway Group Corporation, and the highly selective posterior spinal nerve rhizotomy for the treatment of spastic cerebral palsy was awarded the fourth prize for scientific and technological progress by Guangzhou Railway Group Corporation. Now, the research topic we are going to carry out is about the application of bone-forming protein in total hip joint prosthesis. In recent years, several papers have been published on intertrochanteric fracture and total hip revision in the elderly. It is a department that combines medicine and education, and has the level of a provincial tertiary hospital.
At present, the department has 1 chief physician, 4 deputy chief physicians, 3 attending physicians, 5 physicians, 6 supervising nurses, 18 nurses, with strong technical force. Medical equipment include TV laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, "B" ultrasound, fetal central monitoring system, remote fetal monitor, cardiac monitor, microwave physiotherapy, electronic colposcopy and other advanced instruments.
Gynecology: The department carries out standardized diagnosis and treatment of various gynecological malignant tumors, such as radical cervical cancer treatment, cytoreductive surgery for malignant ovarian tumors and various standardized chemotherapy. In addition to the traditional treatment of gynecological diseases such as uterine fibroids, ectopic pregnancy, pelvic mass, gynecological tumors, etc., we have rich clinical experience, but also in the field of new technologies and new projects to achieve a variety of results, the use of minimally invasive techniques for diagnosis and treatment of gynecological diseases is a feature of gynecology, and at present the Department has been used for more than 1,000 patients using television laparoscopy technology to relieve their pain. The types of diseases treated include: ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, pelvic masses, benign ovarian tumors, uterine fibroids, polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis and so on. Surgical methods include: pelvic adhesion separation, tubal stoma, tubal pregnancy open window embryo extraction, ligation, ovarian cyst removal, uterine fibroid removal, total uterine excision, tubal ligation under direct vision, ovarian perforation and so on. Hysteroscopy can solve endometrial polyps, uterine adhesions, submucosal fibroids, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, intrauterine device displacement and various unexplained uterine bleeding and other diseases. In addition, we perform post-tubal ligation recanalization under microsurgery to meet the fertility requirements of different patients. In family planning, the gynecology clinic carries out painless abortion and IUD removal, etc., so that the patients can undergo the surgery in a sleep state, which eliminates the fear and pain of the surgery; it also carries out drug induced abortion. Microwave therapeutic instrument is used to treat various cervical diseases such as cervical polyps, cervical erosion, condyloma acuminatum and so on. Recently, it also carries out electronic colposcopy, TCT examination, etc., which provides technical guarantee for early screening and confirming the diagnosis of cervical malignant diseases.
Obstetrics: Our department set up a mother and baby ward in 1993 and was awarded the title of "Baby Friendly Hospital" by the International Health Organization, which is one of the earliest departments in Guangzhou to carry out the mother and baby unit. The medical and nursing staffs have solid theoretical foundations and rich clinical experience, and provide systematic training and counseling during pregnancy to ensure that every mother and her family members come to the hospital for prenatal checkups and delivery. Systematic pregnancy training and counseling to ensure the success rate of breastfeeding, and a 24-hour breastfeeding consultation hotline. There are maternity schools, eugenics counseling, expert prenatal checkups, newborn touch, disease screening, and the maternity wards are beautifully appointed with air conditioning, showers and other basic facilities.
The maternity ward has a centralized monitoring network system, remote/home fetal monitoring system, electronic fetal heart monitor, non-invasive blood pressure monitor, intelligent thermometer console and other medical equipments, which carry out standardized perinatal checkups, and diagnose and deal with all kinds of obstetrical complications, complications and obstructed deliveries in a timely manner. It has made the maternal mortality rate zero and the perinatal mortality rate lower than the national standard in the past 10 years. Every year, the department passes the provincial, municipal and district obstetrics quality inspection. Based on the tenet of "patient-centered, quality-centered", the department creates a home-like medical environment for pregnant women and mothers with the warmth of family, and flexibly applies the nursing program to provide a full range of medical services. Mothers can also be discharged from the hospital by telephone counseling, so that mothers can still master the methods and techniques of self-care and baby care after discharge, and really do experience a birth, enjoy a service, learn a set of knowledge of childcare!