Clinical studies paying off
31/12/2003 18:21
The Health Bureau announced the 5th Shanghai Clinical Medical Research
Awards yesterday. Vice mayor Yang Xiaodu attended the awards ceremony.
The
awards went to 25 cinical projects in physical, surgical, pediatric, maternity,
infectious and herbal medicine.
The highest award was given to Wang Zhengmin
for his achievement on the clinical applications for human cochlear implant.
Wang, a professor with the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat (EENT) Hospital affiliated
to the Fudan University, developed programs to remotely control the implants and
made its domestic production possible.
The rest awards went to eight first
runner-ups and 16 second runner-ups.
The Shanghai Clinical Medical Research
Award is a biennial event held by the Shanghai Health Bureau since 1995.
Altogether 219 medical workers responsible for 127 clinical projects have got
the award in the past eight years.
Different from the awards for fundamental
researches and studies, clinical awards focus exclusively on how much the
projects can improve for the patients.
The achievment of Wang, this year's
top award winner for example, has cut the cost of cochlear implants to
one-fourth of the otherwise imported ones.
The first award winner of the
event, dating back to 1995, by the No.1 Shanghai People's Hospital, made more
surgeries successful for the detached retinas.
Vicky Xu / Shanghai Daily news
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