Ruijin Hospital, formerly known as Guangci Hospital, was founded in 1907 and took the lead in heart and liver transplantation, focusing on leukemia molecular biology research and clinical medical research
Ruijin Hospital, founded in 1907 and formerly known as Guangci Hospital, is a tertiary first-class comprehensive hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching and scientific research, with a profound heritage of 100 years. The hospital covers an area of 120,000 square meters, with a construction area of 221,000 square meters, a green area of 40,000 square meters, 1,693 approved beds (more than 1,800 are actually open), and 3,544 employees, including more than 958 physicians (453 full and associate professors and various senior scientific and technological personnel). It has a large number of medical experts who enjoy high reputation at home and abroad, such as Chen Zhu, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wang Zhenyi, Chen Saijuan, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, among which Academician Wang Zhenyi won the 2010 National Highest Science and Technology Award.
The hospital has a total of 42 clinical departments and 8 medical technology departments; At present, there are 4 key disciplines of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (hematology, endocrinology and metabolism, cardiovascular diseases, neurology), 18 national key clinical specialty projects (anesthesiology, intensive care medicine, gastroenterology, clinical nursing, laboratory medicine, orthopedics, cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, hematology, pediatric gastroenterology, nephrology, neurology, respiratory medicine, emergency medicine, dermatology, general surgery, burns, traditional Chinese medicine), and 1 "top priority" key discipline in Shanghai. There are 2 advantageous disciplines in Shanghai, 1 characteristic discipline in Shanghai, 2 key disciplines in Shanghai, and 6 key disciplines in Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Health Bureau. The hospital also has 3 Shanghai Clinical Medical Centers (Minimally Invasive Surgery, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Hematology), 3 municipal-level research institutes (Shanghai Institute of Trauma and Orthopedics, Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Shanghai Institute of Endocrinology), and 3 hospital-level research institutes (Shanghai Institute of Burns, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, and Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery). In addition, it has established 1 State Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Science and Technology (Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics), 1 Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education (Key Laboratory of Functional Genomics and Human Disease-related Gene Research), 2 Key Laboratories of the Ministry of Health (Key Laboratory of Human Genome Research and Key Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism), and 5 Key Laboratories of Shanghai.
In the 50s of the 20th century, Ruijin Hospital was famous at home and abroad for successfully treating Qiu Caikang, a steel worker with severe burns of 89.3%, breaking the international conclusion that "the total area of burns is more than 80% incurable". In 1957, the hospital diagnosed the first case of primary aldosteronism in China; In the 70s, it was the first in China to carry out heart and liver transplantation; In the 90s, significant progress was made in the field of leukemia molecular biology research and clinical medicine.
Driven by the achievements and honors, Ruijin Hospital actively carries out high-precision diagnosis and treatment technologies in order to further meet the market demand, such as da Vinci robotic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, arthroscopic surgery, cardiovascular interventional treatment, etc. And make full use of the comprehensive medical advantages of the hospital, the implementation of multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary joint diagnosis system, so that the level of medical diagnosis and treatment is improving day by day. The hospital has a complete range of disciplines, strong technical force and outstanding specialties, especially in hematology, cardiovascular medicine, nephrology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, hypertension, respiratory medicine, neurology, infectious diseases, dermatology, traditional Chinese medicine traumatology, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, minimally invasive surgery, burns, cardiovascular surgery, breast surgery, urology, functional neurosurgery, orthopedics, organ transplantation and reproductive medicine. The hospital has a large number of high-precision instruments such as PET-CT, sixth-generation head gamma knife, magnetic resonance (MRI3.0T), 64-slice dual-source CT, SPECT, SPECT/CT, magnetic navigation DSA, 360 magnetoencephalography, color Doppler ultrasound system, argon knife, X-knife, linear accelerator, etc., and the medical equipment has reached the international advanced level.
Ruijin Hospital is the largest clinical teaching base of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Ruijin Clinical Medical College now has two majors of clinical medicine and medical laboratory science, 38 teaching and research departments (groups), undertakes the teaching tasks of clinical medicine 5-year system, 8-year consistent system, medical laboratory major, and accepts the teaching tasks of international students from more than 20 countries and regions, and is a practical teaching base for international students awarded by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. Ruijin Hospital is also the largest standardized training base for residents in Shanghai, training about 250 residents every year. At the same time, the surgical training base of Ruijin Hospital is a joint accreditation surgical residency training base of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Hong Kong College of Surgeons.
In recent years, the hospital has always ranked first in Shanghai and the leading in the country in terms of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the 973 and 863 projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the provincial and ministerial bureau projects at all levels, the number of SCI papers published and the total scientific research funds. In 2012, the hospital received a total of 202 scientific research projects at all levels, with a total of 161.13 million yuan in longitudinal research funds. At present, the hospital has 14 doctoral programs in secondary disciplines, 24 master's programs in secondary disciplines, 112 doctoral supervisors and 169 master's supervisors. The scientific research and technical talents of the hospital occupy a large proportion in the National Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the New Century Excellent Talent Fund of the Ministry of Education, the Shanghai Discipline Leader Leading Program, the Shanghai Daystar Program, and the Shanghai Shuguang Program. He has won a series of domestic and international awards, such as the highest national science and technology award, the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of the People's Republic of China, the Evans Award of the American Burn Society, the Kettering Cancer Award of the United States, and the Brubach Cancer Research Award of Switzerland.
As a public hospital, Ruijin Hospital thoroughly implements the spirit of national and Shanghai medical reform. At the end of the 90s of the 20th century, the hospital took the lead in implementing asset restructuring or various forms of cooperation with some medical institutions, and established Shanghai Ruijin Hospital Group, so that the regional medical and health center with Ruijin Hospital as the core was gradually formed. Over the years, the hospital and the group's subordinate hospital branches, Luwan Branch, Minhang Hospital, Ocean Hospital and Taizhou Central Hospital have achieved obvious social and economic benefits; Actively responding to the planning requirements of the "5 3 1" project of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, the North Branch of Ruijin Hospital was built in Jiading New Town to radiate high-quality medical care to a wider area; In 2012, the establishment of the Ruijin-Luwan Regional Medical Consortium made an active exploration for the vertical integration of medical resources and the gradual guidance of patients to seek medical treatment in a hierarchical and orderly manner.
The hospital adheres to the spirit of "extensive love and pursuit of excellence", comprehensively advocates the service concept of "reassuring patients with high-quality medical care, satisfying patients with first-class service, and making patients comfortable with beautiful environment", and has won the title of National Civilized Unit for three consecutive times, and has won many honors such as the National May Day Labor Award, the National Advanced Collective of Health System, the National Model Workers' Home, the National 38 Red Flag Collective, the National Civilized Women's Post, the National Youth Civilization, and the Shanghai Civilized Unit.
In recent years, the hospital has actively implemented digital medical process management, vigorously promoted special outpatient clinics, appointment outpatient clinics, diagnosis and treatment before settlement, day wards and other convenient measures to benefit the people, and strived to reduce the average length of hospital stay, speed up bed turnover, control the proportion of drugs, control nosocomial infections and improve medical safety by strengthening refined management methods. The hospital has always taken health education as an important responsibility, and the outpatient "expert weekly lectures" have attracted a large number of patients and citizens to come to listen to the lectures, and the hypertension health education center has become a hypertension education and training base covering the Yangtze River Delta region. In addition, tobacco control, diabetes centers, burn prevention and first aid, health education on blood diseases and kidney diseases, and breast disease resource centers have been widely carried out, and medical staff have popularized health education through free clinics, online education, media lectures, and community education, which have greatly improved the public's awareness and ability to prevent diseases.
Inherit the century-old history and strive to create more brilliance. Ruijin Hospital will, as always, continue to improve in terms of medical treatment, teaching, research, management and service, take the satisfaction of the masses as the primary task of running a good hospital, and provide high-quality, safe and efficient medical services for the majority of patients.
