Healthcare quality, coverage set for expansion
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FUDAN University Shanghai Cancer Center is expected to open its Pudong branch by the end of next year. The new medical facility will cover an area of 53,334 square meters and have 600 beds.
The new hospital will have a 20,000 square-meter R&D center, according to plans. Breakthroughs in cancer treatment are anticipated here as it will adopt the most advanced treatment technology in the industry.
The future site will be within the Shanghai International Medical Zone and next door to the Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center. Nearby are the country’s most cutting-edge gene technology, protein research and development technology, new drug research and development technology.
The Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center in the medical zone has served more than 500 patients since its opening two years ago.
Another 600 patients will be treated here within the year.
The center plays a major role in the SIMZ, which is dedicated to becoming a modern medical city that delivers high-end healthcare services and functions as a cluster of medical facilities and bio-medicine businesses with cutting-edge technologies.
Covering an area of 11.88 square kilometers, the zone is at the heart of Pudong, close to Pudong International Airport, Yangshan Deepwater Port and Shanghai Disney Resort.
Since its inception, SIMZ has been blessed by the support of the top leadership and has been widely recognized and certified by governments at all levels. It is now home to a variety of industry platforms, enjoying relevant preferential policies.
Functional areas
SIMZ has two core industries — advanced medical device manufacturing and modern medical service, with six functional areas: the International Hospital Center, the Industrial Area for Medical Devices and Biomedicine, the International Medical Campus, the Clinical/Medical Research Park, the International Rehabilitation Center and the International Business Center.
These six areas supplement each other in both function and resources, thus forming two complete industry chains for modern medical services, and medical devices and bio-medicine manufacturing.
Meanwhile, Pudong is building up a three-level healthcare network to cover most of the new area by 2020.
For urban residents in the new area, the nearest medical facility will be within 15 minutes’ walking distance of their home. For those who live in suburb areas, they will be able to see a doctor in 30 minutes.
Expanded medical services
The Pudong branch of Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center is one of the four medical centers with resources from prestigious downtown hospitals to be established in the suburbs of Pudong during the period of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020).
The new medical facilities will have around 2,600 beds in total, according to the plan.
The hospitals are part of Pudong’s ambitions to provide residents with high quality, fair, accessible, convenient, comprehensive and continuous medical services.
The four new medical centers will be built in Caolu, Zhuqiao, Hangtou and Hudong areas, all of which face shortages of primary care.
Changzheng, Changhai and Longhua hospitals will support the four new centers with their resources.
At present, Pudong has 10 regional medical centers. Seven of them are district-level comprehensive hospitals, including East Hospital, No.7 People’s Hospital, Pudong Hospital and Zhoupu Hospital. The other three are Renji Hospital, Shuguang Hospital and the east branch of No.6 People’s Hospital, all city-level institutions.
In accordance with the plan, each comprehensive hospital in Pudong will serve between 300,000 and 500,000 people. By the end of 2020, Pudong is expected to have 5.58 million permanent residents and will require 14 regional hospitals in total.
During the period of the 13th Five-Year Plan, Pudong will also build 10 more community health centers in Nanhui New Town, Hangtou, Sanlin, Gaohang, Beicai, Chuansha, Caolu, Kangqiao and Huinan respectively.
According to current standards, each town or sub-district will have one health center. For towns with a population of more than 100,000, one more health center per additional 50,000 to 100,000 people will be built, which means Pudong shall have 56 community health centers in total. All health centers will be within 30 minutes’ walking distance for locals.
The new area has a high demand for emergency first-aid services. This demand applies not only to local residents but also sites like Pudong International Airport, Shanghai Disneyland, the Pudong site of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China’s assembly manufacturing center, as well as the Lingang and Changxing heavy industrial zones.
By the end of the year, Pudong will build four first-aid sub-stations at Shanghai Disneyland, Heqing, Qiantan and Hangtou. Two more at Kangde and Jinyang respectively will be built next year.
In accordance with the requirements of integrating urban and rural services, the average service radius of each first aid station is 3.5 kilometers. Each ambulance will serve 30,000 people with an average response time less than 12 minutes.
At present, Pudong has a first aid center, 26 sub-stations with an average service radius of 5.5 kilometers, while each ambulance serves 48,000 people in an average of 13.53 minutes — which equates to a shortage of 14 sub-stations and 35 ambulances.
To meet the needs of regional development and counterterrorism plans, Pudong will build eight first aid sub-stations at Shanghai New International Expo Center, Qiantan, the north wing of Jinqiao, Hangtou, Jinyang, Heqing, Shuyuan and Shanghai Disneyland. It will also enhance the construction of sub-stations, first-aid rescue teams and trauma centers at Kangde, Sunqiao, Lingqiao, Shanggang, Sanjiagang and Luchaogang. More imported ambulances with onboard equipment will also be put into service.
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