Chinese hospital classification has level 1,2,3.Level 2& level 3 have Class A, Class B, Class C. Level 3 Class A(3A) is the highest classification. It’s defined by the Ministry of Health (MOH), China according to hospital resources, medical equipment installments as well as physician expertise.
There are 8 Level 3 hospitals in XM. 6 of them are 3A. Among the 3A hospitals,One of them is eye specialized ,one is woman&children specialized hospital ,the rest of are general hospitals.
• Zhong Shan Hospital, affiliated with Xiamen University
Zhong Shan Hospital is one of Xiamen’s premier 3A general hospitals which provides medication, teaching, scientific research, healthcare, disease prevention in one unit. It’s also an affiliated hospital of national key university and a special clinic for foreigners, has English speaking nurses and doctors.
The total staff is over 2300, including 380 senior specialists and more than 300 Masters, Doctors or higher educational background talents.
The hospital has 1735 beds and 35 clinical departments, 10 medical technology departments, a branch, 2 divisions and 4 communities medical center. The number of outpatients and emergency patients reaches to 1.87 million and the number of in-patients reaches to 40,000 annually. It owns Xiamen Heart Center, Center of Xiamen Clinical Laboratories, Research Institute of Digestive Disease of Xiamen University, Research Institute of Organ of Xiamen University and Xiamen Research Institute of Aging Medical Rehabilitation etc. Gastroenterology, hepatobiliary surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery, cardiology and Orthopedic are the key departments in Xiamen.
• The First Hospital of XiaMen
The first Hospital is one of Xiamen’s premier 3A general hospitals which provides medication, teaching, scientific research, healthcare, disease prevention in one unit and an affiliated hospital of Fujian Medical University. It’s also a teaching hospital