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English news updates from Shanghai hospitals, prepared for international patients.
2026-09-18 · Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of TCM
The review results of the 7th China Ethnic Medicine Association Science and Technology Awards have been announced, and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Shuguang Hospital Anhui Hospital has won two third prizes. Vice President Zhou Zhenhua contributed to "Construction and Clinical Application of the Xin'an Medical Theoretical System…
Read the full report →2026-08-22 · Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of TCM
The final of the 2026 Shanghai Pharmacy Skills Competition, focused on pharmacy outpatient clinics, was held on August 21 and 22. Jointly organized by the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission and the Shanghai Medical Workers' Union and hosted by the Shanghai Pharmaceutical Association, the competition drew 622 registered pharmacists citywide, with…
Read the full report →2026-07-30 · Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of TCM
Anhui province's first specialized research platform for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in organ fibrosis was unveiled at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Shuguang Hospital Anhui Hospital. Alongside it, the hospital established a public technology platform dedicated to the common mechanisms of organ fibrosis and to mining active components…
Read the full report →2026-07-09 · Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of TCM
Shuguang Hospital treated a 58-year-old woman with advanced cancer who had an intestinal stent implanted years earlier for obstruction caused by a duodenal tumor. The lesion re-stenosed months after the procedure and she had been completely unable to eat orally for the past month. The hepatology team led by chief…
Read the full report →2026-06-12 · Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of TCM
On June 10, 2026, following recommendation by the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission and expert review, the Shuguang Hospital Ethics Committee was selected as one of the first lead ethics review committees of the Yangtze River Delta Integrated Development Clinical Research Ethics Alliance. It is the only traditional Chinese medicine hospital…
Read the full report →2026-01-07 · Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of TCM
The review committee of the Cheung On Tak International Contribution Award for Chinese Medicine has announced its eighth list of winners, and Shen Yuandong, lifetime professor at Shuguang Hospital, has received the honor. Funded by the Cheung On Tak Charity Foundation and based at Hong Kong Baptist University, the award…
Read the full report →2026-10-18 · Huadong Hospital, Fudan University
On the Double Ninth Festival, the Shanghai Hospital Association and Huadong Hospital jointly hosted a large free consultation event at the Shanghai Exhibition Center marking the hospital's centennial, assembling 100 senior-titled experts from 36 of its specialties. A medical science classroom ran alongside, addressing issues of public concern such as…
Read the full report →2026-10-14 · Huadong Hospital, Fudan University
The Jing'an Temple Subdistrict Respect for the Elderly Month event and the "Heart Home, Specialists in the Community" health carnival, held under the theme "Joining Hands for Shared Strength, Enjoying a Peaceful Home Together," featured a dedicated session by Fudan University Huadong Hospital at the subdistrict community party and mass…
Read the full report →2026-09-12 · Huadong Hospital, Fudan University
As 2026 marks the centennial of Huadong Hospital, the hospital's Youth League, together with the outpatient and emergency department and the social work department, launched the "100 Years, 100 Hours" volunteer service relay, organizing young League members to serve on the front line. Two phases of activities were completed in…
Read the full report →2026-09-07 · Huadong Hospital, Fudan University
During the 8th Shanghai Municipal Hospital Public Health Science Communication Week and Hospital Open Day, Huadong Hospital held its 2026 public health science week and hospital open day events. Party Secretary Jin Jianping noted that 2026 marks the hospital's centennial and that, as a leading institution in geriatric medicine, it…
Read the full report →2026-09-04 · Huadong Hospital, Fudan University
Huadong Hospital's emergency department receives about 250 patients a day, roughly 70 percent of them elderly, including many aged over 90. Drawing on its geriatric medicine program as a flagship discipline and on specialties such as hernia surgery, the hospital has built the capacity to manage complex acute conditions in…
Read the full report →2026-08-03 · Huadong Hospital, Fudan University
The results of the 2026 Shanghai Medical Craftsman recognition program have been published, and Wei Ye, director of the general surgery department at Huadong Hospital, has been named a Shanghai Medical Craftsman. A long-standing specialist in colorectal cancer surgery, Wei was among the first experts in China to complete 1,000…
Read the full report →2026-05-12 · Huadong Hospital, Fudan University
Huadong Hospital held its 2026 celebration of International Nurses Day on May 12, under the theme "Our Nurses, Our Future: Empowering Nurses to Safeguard Life." President Bao Zhijun extended holiday greetings to the hospital's 1,054 nursing colleagues. Over the past year, the nursing team has led the development of industry…
Read the full report →2026-05-07 · Huadong Hospital, Fudan University
The "double-lumen endobronchial tube for preventing severe coughing during anesthesia emergence," developed by the team of Gu Weidong, director of the anesthesiology department at Huadong Hospital, has won first prize in the 14th Shanghai Medical Workers' Science and Technology Innovation "Starlight Program." Patients undergoing lung resection often suffer violent coughing…
Read the full report →2026-04-26 · Huadong Hospital, Fudan University
The bariatric and metabolic surgery team at Fudan University Huadong Hospital has successfully performed a single-port laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on a 43-year-old male patient weighing 523.2 jin (261.6 kilograms), with a waist circumference of 1.86 meters and a body mass index as high as 86.4 kg per square meter. The…
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