City completes emergency room reconstruction
17/11/2003 18:20
Reconstruction work for the emergency rooms in the local 17 city-level
hospitals has been completed ahead of schedule, with the total emergency space
expanding by 12,054.4 square meters.
In March this year, in order to meet the
growing demand for medical services and improve emergency room facilities, the
local government listed the upgrading of emergency rooms in 17 city-level
hospitals as the main task for the residents.
"Shanghai has invested more
than 40 million yuan (US$4.8 million) to complete the face-lift project," said
the spokesman with the Shanghai Health Bureau.
The project, planned to be
completed by the end of the year, was finished ahead of schedule, the spokesman
said.
Previously, only 17 hospitals were covered in the face-lift project,
including Renji, Ruijin, Xinhua, Zhongshan, Huashan, Shanghai No.1 People's
Hospital, Shanghai No.6 People's Hospital, Shanghai No.9 People's Hospital,
Baosteel Hospital, Longhua, Yueyang, Shuguang, Children's Hospital, Tumor
Hospital, Shanghai China East Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, and
Shanghai First Women And Baby Hospital. But now two more hospitals - Tongji
Hospital and Shanghai Children's Medical Center ?are included in the project,
the spokesman said.
The total emergency space of the planned 17 city-level
hospitals has been expanded from 21,350 to 33,404.4 square meters, up 56.5
percent:
Huashan Hospital (325 square meters); Xinhua Hospital (3,200 square
meters); and Ruijin Hospital (1,500 square meters).
Ruijin Hospital has
separated its emergency space into different zones according to patients'
different disease situations.
The layout and facilities in the 19 local
hospitals are largely improved, such as air-conditioners or electric-fans
installed in emergency treatment rooms and disinfection equipment available for
doctors and patients.
Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news
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