Sichuan University West China Medical Center
四川大学华西医学中心

Internship Hospitals - West China Medical Center of Sichuan University

West China Medical Center of Sichuan University consists of five colleges and four affiliated teaching hospitals. The four affiliated hospitals are all level three first-class hospitals and play a great important role in local people’s life. The four affiliated hospitals are West China Hospital, West China Second University Hospital (West China Women’s and Children’s Hospital), West China Stomatology Hospital and No.4 West China Teaching Hospital. These affiliated hospitals provide international students’ medical training and clinical rotation to lay the foundation for their qualification as a doctor after graduation.
 
West China Hospital - a century of exemplary service, 123 years of medical excellence
 
West China Hospital is the largest hospital in China and the largest single site hospital in the world and it is ranked 2nd according to the Rankings of China’s Best Hospitals 2012. West China Hospital has 36 clinical departments, 15 medical technology departments and 25 open laboratories. In 2011, more than 3.5 million patients visited the outpatient department, 173,000 patients were discharged from inpatient departments, and more than 93,900 operations were performed. There are 4,300 beds. The hospital employs 6100 permanent staff of which 550 are professors or associate professors. The hospital offers 31 programs leading to doctorate degrees, doctorate programs in clinical medicine and post doctorate programs in clinical and basic medicines. The hospital has 1 state laboratory, 2 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 9 key disciplines of Ministry of Education, 2 disciplines with the national “211” project, 5 key programs of Ministry of Health, 16 key disciplines and 25 provincial level key laboratories.
 
West China Second University Hospital (West China Women’s and Children’s Hospital)
 
West China Second University Hospital (West China Women’s and Children’s Hospital) has 600 beds. Founded in 1988 on the basis of Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the Department of Pediatrics in the West China hospital. West China Women’s and Children’s Hospital is under the immediate supervision of Ministry of Health of China.The title “Baby Friendly Hospital” was awarded by the Ministry of Health and WHO. The hospital contains China Birth Defect Monitoring Center, the Prenatal Research Center and the Emergency Center for Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in Children. It was Awarded the “Top Tertiary Hospital” in 1998. West China Second University Hospital’s gynecology, obstetrics and pediatrics are rated as National Key Disciplines. The staff consists of 406 members of which 61 are professors, 78 are associate professors. In 2011 the hospital served 3.5 million outpatients and emergency patients and performed 22500 surgeries and 7600 deliveries.
 
West China Stomatology Hospital
 
West China Stomatology Hospital founded in 1985. It is considered as the cradle of modern stomatology in China as it is the 1st hospital of stomatology. The hospital annually serves 400,000 patients in outpatients clinics and 3000 patients in inpatients wards. The hospital has a capacity of 350 dental chairs and its staff consists of 507 staff members.
 
No.4 West China Teaching Hospital
 
Founded in 1917 and it is the only specialized hospital for occupational diseases among all the medical universities in China. No.4 West China Teaching Hospital takes the responsibilities of the treatment for occupational disease patients in the western region and rescue for acute poisoning in Sichuan Province.
 
 
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