The First Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine (abbreviated as “ZJMH”) is one of the largest medical treatment, teaching and scientific research guidance centers in Zhejiang Province, and the first hospital established by Zhejiang University. It is also the first hospital established by Zhejiang University. The hospital was founded on November 1, 1947 by Professor Zhu Kezhen, the former president of Zhejiang University, and was originally called the Hospital Affiliated to the Medical School of Zhejiang University, but was renamed several times, and finally changed its name in September 1999 to the First Hospital Affiliated to the Medical School of Zhejiang University, also known as the First Hospital of Zhejiang Province.
The hospital is a Grade 3A general hospital with several hospital districts, including Qingchun Hospital District, Chenggang Hospital District, Zhijiang Hospital District, University Road Science and Education Base, Qiantang Transformation Base, and the first phase of the headquarters (Yuhang), etc., covering a total area of 519.3 acres, with more than 5,000 beds open. The hospital has 41 clinical departments and 23 medical and technical departments, with an annual outpatient clinic volume of about 2 million, an annual inpatient hospitalization of more than 45,000, and an annual surgery of more than 22,000 patients. The hospital has rich clinical experience and solid theoretical knowledge in many specialties, such as respiratory medicine, emergency and critical care, anesthesia management, physical therapy, geriatric diseases, genetic diseases, genetic diagnosis of cancer, neuropsychiatric disorders, occupational diseases, radiation injuries, tumor pathology, urological disorders, clinical testing, endocrine diseases, cardiovascular diseases, female reproductive health, hand surgery, spinal surgery, cerebrovascular diseases, hematological diseases, immune system diseases, and so on. Diseases, Hematological Diseases, Immune System Diseases, Epilepsy, Neurological Diseases, Kidney Diseases, Digestive System Diseases, Endocrine Diseases, Rheumatic Immunity Diseases, Colorectal Diseases, Anal and Intestinal Diseases, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases, Vascular Diseases, Immunity Dermatological Diseases, Critical Illness Diseases, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Diagnostic Imaging, Internal Medicine Oncology Treatment, Deafness, Health Care Knowledge Answer, Internal Radiation Therapy with Nuclide, Cardiovascular Diseases Ultrasonography, etc.
The hospital has also made remarkable achievements in scientific research, with scientific research platforms such as the State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases and the Key Laboratory for Multi-Organ Joint Transplantation Research of the Ministry of Health, as well as medical equipments valued at more than 500 million yuan, such as PET/CT and linear gas pedal. The hospital's scientific research achievements are remarkable, and it has won 4 second prizes for national scientific and technological progress and 13 first prizes for provincial scientific and technological progress. In addition, the hospital also actively participates in social rescue and emergency work, providing free or preferential medical services in natural disasters and public health emergencies.
The hospital adheres to the tenet of “rigorous and realistic, science and education, standardized service, management and efficiency”, and has been awarded a number of honors such as Provincial Advanced Hospital and National Advanced Collective of Health System. The hospital is also committed to building a basic network platform for medical Internet of Things to improve the quality of medical services and management level.
The First Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine not only has strong strength in medical treatment, teaching and scientific research, but also plays an important role in social service and scientific research and innovation, and is one of the benchmarks in the field of medical and health care in Zhejiang Province and even the whole country.