Fujian Medical University Union Hospital has a long history. The former of the hospital, Foochow Christian Union Hospital (also named Willis F. Pierce Memorial Hospital) was merged from Foochow Missionary Hospital (founded in 1860) and Magaw Memorial Hospital (founded in 1877), bearing a reputation of the cradle of modern medicine of Fujian Province.
At present, the hospital is a comprehensive hospital serving as a key center of healthcare, higher medicine education and scientific research. Located at the beautiful Yu Mountain, Fuzhou city，the hospital accommodates 2,500 patient beds with receving over 2.0 million out-patients，90,000 in-patients and perfoming 90,000 operations annually. There are over 3,350 staff members in the hospital, including Nationally and Provincially Distinguished Specialists, etc.
The hospital contains a complete range of clinical departments, of which 6 are National Clinical Key Specialties and 10 are Provincial Clinical Key Specialties and 8 are Key Subjects of Fujian Medical University (details show in the Table). Additionally, interventional medicine, endocrinology, urology, plastic surgery, ultrasonic medicine and radiology, etc. are all well-known with their professional characteristics. The quality control centers of ultrasonic medicine, nosocomial infection， burn surgery, blood transfusion of Fujian Province are attached to the hospital.
The hospital has been implementing numerous new research projects and techniques, some of which take the lead in Fujian Province, even in China，i.e. the number and success rate of adult and child heart transplantation，liver transplantation post heart transplantation, bilateral lung transplantation, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG), interventional therapy for acute myocardial infarction, laparoscopic radical resection for colorectal carcinoma, gastric and liver cancer, endoscopic neurosurgery for resection of intracranial lesions, the use of negative pressure wound therapy(NPWT) in burning wounds， Chinese-style face transplantation，etc.
The hospital holds eleven provincial institutes and has carried out a lot of scientific research programs including “863 Program”, (National Programs for High Technology Research and Development) , “973 Program”(National Programs for Major Basic Research and Development), National Natural Scientific Foundation, etc. Besides, the hospital has achieved two National Awards for Progress in Science and Technology and one for Natural Sciences as well as more than Provincal Awards for science and technology.
Being a university hospital, it cultivates numerous excellent students pursuing PhDs and postgraduates in clinical medicine, medical imagery, pharmacy, nursing, etc.
The hospital staff inherits the hospital spirit: strictness, refinement，diligence and devotion and provides best medical service for people wholeheartedly. The hospital has been awarded as “Model of Hospital in China” and “the Best 100 Hospitals of China”, etc. |
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