As the largest integrated hospital of a Third Grade Level A Traditional Chinese medicine hospital in Anhui province, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine (Anhui province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, the First Clinical Medical School of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine) bears the major projects of Chinese medical care, teaching programs, research programs, prevention, health care，Chinese medicine clinical personnel training and so on. As the hometown of ancient Chinese medicine master, Hua Tuo, the hospital locates along the Xin’An riverside which is the national Chinese medicine clinical research base, the construction unit for national Chinese medicine heritage and innovation project, the regional Chinese medicine (specialist) diagnosis treatment center.
Founded in 1959, the hospital covers an area of 66,000 square meters, with a construction area of 160,000 square meters, 2,100 beds, 825 million yuan in fixed assets, 438 senior professional and technical personnel, 115 doctoral and postgraduate supervisors, 575 postgraduate students, 20 people being received special allowances from the State Council and the provincial government, 2 people being honored as the national CM masters, 2 people being honored as the national famous CM doctors of the first term, 1 person being honored as the Qi Huang scholar under the National CM Leading Talents Support Program, 19 people being honored as the instructors of the national TCM expert academic experience inheritance work, 14 people being joining the national TCM clinical talent training programs, 6 people being joining the national TCM technical inheritance training programs, 20 people being honored as the Anhui Jianghuai famous doctors, 9 people being honored as the national famous doctors in Anhui Province, 34 people being honored as the provincial famous doctors, 11 people being credited for academic and technical leaders and reserve candidates in Anhui Province, 17 people being credited for the academic leaders and backbone teachers in the Provincial Department of Education and Health Department, 15 people being credited for experienced Chinese medicine doctors and featured experts in the hospital, 17 people being credited for outstanding young and middle-aged academic leaders in the hospital,49 clinical departments, 12 medical technological auxiliary departments, 18 clinical teaching and research departments, several medical service centers such as special needs medical service center (International Medical Department), traditional therapy center, treatment center for prevention, and CM master studio, 3 regional CM (specialist) diagnosis treatment center, 3 new teams for 115 industrial innovation project in Anhui Province, 6 national key clinical specialties, 9 key disciplines identified by the State Administration of TCM, 12 key and special diseases identified by the State Administration of TCM,18 key specialties in Anhui Province, 106 key diseases in the hospital, 3third-level laboratories of the State Administration of TCM, 1 key research laboratory,9 clinical subjects having the right to grant master's degree, 2 famous CM master studio, 2 national famous CM inheritance studios, 13 national famous CM master inheritance studios, 27 provincial famous CM master studios, and 2 national CM academic school inheritance studios.
The hospital has advanced GE (Discovery MR750) 3.0T superconducting magnetic resonance machine, Ingenia1.5T superconducting magnetic resonance machine, Siemens64-row 128-layer multi-row spiral CT machine, Siemens 16-rowspiral CT Machine, Siemens multi-function digital gastrointestinal machine (Luminos Selection), the United States GE digital X-ray system, the United States GE mammography machine, Philips flat panel DSA angiography X-ray system (UNIQ Clarity FD20), the United States GE high-end real-time four-dimensional color Doppler ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (VOLUSON E10), Philips IE Elite, high-definition electronic ureteroscopy surgery system, automatic biochemical immunoassay analyzer, automatic blood cell analyzer, ultrasonic pneumatic ballistic lithotripsy system, digital full HD laparoscopic system, digital high-definition electronic endoscope system, hemodialysis machine, hyperbaric oxygen chamber and other medical equipment. The key subject laboratory is equipped with research laboratories such as genetic diagnosis immunology, high-performance liquid phase, pharmacology, hemorheology, and animal behavior measurement, experimental equipment such as PCR gene amplification instrument and high-performance liquid phase analyzer.
The hospital implements the strategy of “revitalizing the society through science and education”. In recent years, it has undertaken more than 500 research projects at the national, provincial and ministerial levels, with research funding of over 90million yuan, over 60 editorial monographs in chief or in participation, over 400 academic papers published annually, 80 innovative items annually, 1 national experimental teaching demonstration center, 2 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, 18,000hours of clinical teaching task in Anhui University of Chinese Medicine.
With self-raised12 million yuan, the hospital builds preparation center with a construction area of about 2,200 square meters, of which the purification area is about 660 square meters. It is a specialized preparation center built in accordance with national GMP standards. The design of the center is scientific and the layout is reasonable. The purification level of the clean area is up to 100,000. It can produce 11 kinds of dosage forms such as syrup, capsule, granule and lotion, and has obtained registration license for medical institution of nearly 50 kinds of preparations.
The gardenly hospital has beautiful environment and exquisite layout which combines tradition and modernity with green trees and a winding path. The hospital has pavilion and sculptures, green grass and beautiful flowers with heavily-rooted Chinese medicine atmosphere and culture.
The hospital has successively won the honorary title of “advanced unit” in Anhui Province health system and the “civilized unit” of Anhui Province. It is the first batch of hospital being honored as “Provincial Honest Hospital”, “National Medical and Health System advanced unit” three times. The hospital is credited for the trusted demonstration hospital, the advanced unit for the construction of CM culture, the prize for reformation and innovation and so on.
