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Medical and Public Health Work

Ningbo shares a long history of medical treatment. In the Remains of the Hemudu Culture dated back about 7000 years, a number of plants are found which are effective in preventing and curing some kinds of diseases. Famous traditional Chinese doctors can be found in different periods of history. Some have even left behind valuable medical books, which play a very important role in the development of the major traditional Chinese medical subjects.

Ningbo is one of cities into which western medicine was introduced at an early stage in history. Starting from the second half of 18th century, missionaries from western countries come to practice Western medicine. The first Western medical hospital Huamei Hospital, now named Ningbo No.2 Hospital, was established in 1843.

Since the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the new central government has attached great importance to the public health. Health administration bodies at all levels have been set up. Ningbo Health Bureau, under the direct leadership of Ningbo Government, is responsible for
a) implementing the State's policies, laws and regulations on public health in Ningbo,
b)researching and making general plans and objectives for the improvement of the city's health program,
c)making plans for major diseases protection,
d)exercising supervision over community public hygiene, labor hygiene and health-related products like food, medical drugs, and biological manufactures for medical purposes,
e)determining qualifications of health workers and carrying out the licensing system for health services,
f)following the central government's guidelines, policies and measures on civil patriotic health to carry out all-round health education and mobilize the entire people into health work,
g)sticking to the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine to promote the development of both modern and traditional medicines,
h)developing plans for the development of the city's medical personnel and for key medical subject research and education,
i) organizing research into and surmounting of key medical problems,
j)reinforcing health care for women and children and protecting them from serious and harmful diseases, and
k)developing and promoting medical and health technology exchange and cooperation between medical organizations home and abroad.

At present, there are two medical education units in Ningbo,the Medical College of Ningbo University and Ningbo Medical School. Besides, there are 929 medical institutions with 14535 beds, or 2.56 beds per thousand people. Specialized medical workers amount to 23549, averaging 4.34 per thousand people. Amount them 9472 are doctors, averaging 1.75 per thousand people. Medical apparatus and instruments such as nuclear magnetic resonator, whole body CT, linear accelerator, large X-ray machine, digital subtraction angiographer, automatic biochemistry analyzer and color Doppler have been equipped in some hospital. Ambulances from the First Aid Center can reach any spot in the urban areas within 15 minutes after getting calls for help.
In 2000, a total number of 19.6 million outpatients and emergency cases were handled in the hospitals in the city, 3.64 in each on average. The inpatients leaving hospitals last year amount to 0.2434 million cases. The inpatients stayed in hospital for 14.7 days on average. Critial operations like aortocoronary bypass, combined replacement of tricuspid valve, Morfan's syndrome, homogeneous variant heart transplantation were successfully performed. Cardiology departments of the major hospitals in the city performed the operation of PTCA. Departments of ontology,bone and joint surgery in Ningbo are all well known for their excellent work and have played an important part in ensuring citizens' health.

Abiding by the guideline of "Prevention priority", health organizations at different levels have taken steps to control and cure general and endemic diseases, strengthen labor hygiene, prevent radiation, and keep food products, public sites, school in sound condition. The steps have effectively helped improved the health condition of Ningbo. In 2000, the death rate of pregnant and lying-in women was 9.74 per 100,000 while that of infants was 8.87 per 1000. Major diseases that influence Ningbo citizens' life include malignancies, respiratory diseases, cerebral diseases, hearth diseases, trauma and poisoning. The expected average life span of Ningbo citizens in 72.59 years. More exactly, male is 70.48 and the female is 76.29.

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Ningbo Medical Treatment Center──Lie Hui Li Hospital

This is a multi-functional hospital, taking surgery as its feature, occupying 68 high-rank tilted professional technical personnel members. Its inpatient building has 600 wards. It offers 30 kinds of specialistic outpatient services. It has rich technical resources in all spheres of chest-heart surgery, cranium surgery, kidney surgery, bone surgery, ENT department and internal medicine neurology.

Add.: 57 Xingning Road, Ningbo, P.R.C.
Post Code: 315010
Tel.: 86-574-87392290 (Switchboard)
Fax: 86-574-87392232

Ningbo No.1 Hospital

It is a multi-functional hospital (Grade 2, Type B), with the department of internal medicine as its feature. It has 125 high-rank tilled physicians, surgeons and other specialists, 600 wards for the patients. The medical treatment of the following departments has come up to national and world advanced standard: bone surgery, cardio-Vas-cular diseases department, blood department, chest surgery, western surgical department and video department.

Add.: No.90 XianXue Street, Ningbo, P.R.C.
Post Code: 315010
Tel.: 86-574-87294181(Switchboard)

Ningbo No.2 Hospital

It is a network unit of AEA, a Grade III, Type B multi-functional hospital. It has 60 high-rank medically titled technical personnel members. It is good at medical treatments of burns tumors, chest surgery and general western surgery.

Add.:42 Yongfeng Road, Ningbo, P.R.C.
Post Code: 315010
Tel.: 86-574-87366901 (Switchboard)

Ningbo Women and Children Hospital

The hospital is composed of maternity department, women's department, children's western internal medicine department, children's surgery department and public health services for women and children. And it is a medical treatment, teaching, research and preventional cure center. It has 74 high-rank medically titled technical personnel members, It's inpatient building has 442 wards. It offers outpatients 30 kinds of medical treatment services.

Add.: No.109 Liuting Street, Ningbo, P.R.C.
Post Code: 315010
Tel.: 86-574-87116661(Switchboard)

Ningbo No.3 Hospital

The hospital is a general hospital of Grade II, Type A. It has 56 high-rank medically titled technical personnel members. It offers the outpatients 30 kinds of specialistic medical treatment services. The Hospital is good at cardio-vascular diseases department, digestive system diseases department, bone surgery, spinal column surgery, plastic surgery, and beauty services, especially, its spinal column surgery is outstanding and perfect.

Add.: Renmin Road, NIngbo, P.R.C.
Post Code:315020
Tel.: 86-574-87355343 (Switchboard)

Ningbo Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

This is a multifunctional hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, which is of Grade III, Type B. It has 41 high-rank medically titled technical personnel members. Its inpatient building has 350 wards, It offers the outpatients 30 kinds of specialistic medical treatment services. This hospital is good at the following Chinese medicine departments: internal medicine, surgical department, bone surgery, anus and colon surgery, women's department, children's department, and acupuncture and moxibustion and massage services.

Add.: No.64 Xiaowen Street, Ningbo, P.R.C.
Post Code: 315010
Tel.: 86-574-87242199 (Switchboard)