Advanced Search

The story appears on

Page A5

October 18, 2019

GET this page in PDF

Free for subscribers

View shopping cart

Related News

Home » Metro

City center, UK hospital strike deal as partners

By Li Qian | 00:05 UTC+8 October 18, 2019 | Print Edition

City patients will be able to receive medical services provided by United Kingdom doctors under a new cross-border clinical partnership.

A clinical service agreement between the Shanghai International Medical Center and The London Clinic is the first of its kind between a Chinese medical center and a UK hospital.

UK doctors will provide consultations and be involved in surgery with doctors from both sides, making tailor-made treatments for local patients.

The Shanghai hospital said the partnership was based on China’s increasing demand for health care, especially access to top medical services.

Currently, the focus will be on oncology, gynecology and urology. As the partnership develops, clinical services will expand, including more departments and robotic surgery, and there will be training programs for medical practitioners in the two hospitals.

The London Clinic is the UK’s largest independent private hospital with charitable status.

Al Russell, its chief executive, said sharing knowledge would play a key role in the partnership. “Our doctors go to China, and Chinese doctors come here and we both learn as institutions about how we advance health care and that has patients at the heart of it,” he said.

Huang Yirun, president of the Shanghai hospital, hopes the London hospital’s nursing practices and patient care will be applied locally through a nurse training program.

There are about 800 consultants practicing in the London hospital, and they are expected to help improve the working system at the Shanghai hospital, he revealed.

Metro


 

Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.

沪公网安备 31010602000204号

Email this to your friend