The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (GZUTCM) is a large-scale comprehensive Chinese medicine hospital located at No. 16, Airport Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. Founded in 1964, the hospital is one of the first batch of Grade 3A Chinese medicine hospitals and model Chinese medicine hospitals in China. The hospital is not only one of the important bases for higher clinical education, medical treatment and scientific research in TCM in China, but also undertakes the teaching mission of the First Clinical School of Medicine of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (GZUTCM), with a number of teaching and research departments and key disciplines, and a large number of undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree students.
Hospital Overview
- Established: 1964
- Address: No.16, Airport Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China
- Floor space: 50,940 square meters
- Building area: more than 200,000 square meters
- Beds: 2200
- Number of employees: more than 2,600, of which more than 500 are senior Chinese medicine practitioners and specialists in the integration of Chinese and Western medicine.
- Annual outpatient and emergency treatment volume: 2.8 million times
- Annual hospitalization: 77,000
Medical Characteristics and Specialty Advantages
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (GZHM) has significant advantages in a number of TCM specialties, such as TCM internal medicine, TCM orthopedics and traumatology, acupuncture and massage, etc. The hospital has 8 national key clinical specialties. With 8 national key clinical specialties and 25 key specialties of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the hospital is one of the Chinese hospitals with the strongest technical force in TCM in China. The hospital has achieved remarkable results in the fields of cardiovascular diseases, orthopedics and traumatology, gynecology, oncology, etc. It also plays a leading role in the research of new Chinese medicines and promotes the modern Chinese medicine of Guangdong Province to the international level.
Informatization Construction
The hospital attaches great importance to informatization construction, and as early as 2019, it has adopted VMware's server virtualization technology to build a modern medical cloud service platform, which provides strong support for various businesses. In addition, the hospital provides a variety of convenient access services, such as cell phone registration, self-service kiosk registration, and clinic appointments, etc., which facilitates patients' flexible access to medical care.
Transportation and Surrounding Facilities
The hospital is located in the downtown area of Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, with convenient transportation, nearby the “Sanyuanli” station of Metro Line 2, and many bus lines covering the city and suburbs. There are many parking lots around the hospital, which is convenient for patients who drive to the hospital. Inside the hospital, there are convenient facilities such as electronic navigation, self-service bag machines, wheelchair sharing, convenience stores, coffee shops, etc., providing patients with a comfortable medical experience.
Research and Teaching
The hospital is the supporting unit of Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine (GDCCRIM), which has a number of research laboratories and laboratories, undertakes a number of scientific research projects, and has won a number of scientific research awards. The hospital also has a number of national or regional key disciplines and provincial key disciplines, and is a key Chinese medicine hospital construction unit of the National TCM Inheritance and Innovation Project. The hospital has always adhered to the concept of “developing hospital by science and technology”, focusing on the construction of key disciplines, specialties, laboratories and other platforms at all levels, with the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine level Ⅲ and Ⅱ laboratories, as well as two key laboratories of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is a large-scale comprehensive TCM hospital integrating clinical education, medical treatment and scientific research, and has become one of the well-known TCM hospitals in South China and even in the whole country by virtue of its long history, advanced medical equipments, strong faculties and quality services. Whether in terms of medical technology, scientific research capability, teaching level and patient services, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine has demonstrated outstanding strength and influence.
Address: 16 Airport Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Tel: 020-36591912, 36591222