From "Old and Retro" to "Jiangjing Ward": Expansion and Upgrading of Medical Resources in "Punan Renji" | Hospitals | Punan Renji

Today, news came from Punan Hospital in Pudong New Area, Shanghai: In order to further expand the hospital's service level, the renovation and expansion projects of the east and west hospitals were completed in June 2023. The successive use of the two hospital areas marked the expansion of the hospital's medical business and capacity, laying a solid foundation for the high-quality development of the hospital.

Improve functional layout and serve the surrounding people with the concept of great health

It is reported that after the completion of the renovation and expansion projects of the West and East Hospitals of Punan Hospital, the building areas will reach 29000 square meters and 18000 square meters respectively. Ms. Li, a hospitalized patient at the East Hospital, gave birth to a baby in the obstetrics and gynecology department three years ago. Recalling the East Hospital at that time, Ms. Li bluntly stated that it was "retro". "Wards like those in Shanghai are relatively rare, and overall they are too old. The hospitalization experience is quite good now, with each room having a bathroom, which has improved privacy and convenience, and broadened the view. It is one of the few 'river view wards' in Shanghai. Living here feels much better and my body recovers faster."

Not only has the patient's medical experience been optimized, but the hospital's capacity improvement space brought about by the renovation and expansion of the West and East hospitals has also been further released. On this basis, the hospital has repositioned its functions. Currently, the South Hospital covers the outpatient and surgical inpatient buildings, while also setting up internal medicine wards related to the emergency department, focusing on improving the emergency response capabilities of regional medical centers such as "chest pain centers" and "stroke centers"; The East Hospital is mainly composed of internal medicine inpatient departments and has daytime operating rooms. After the renovation of the West Building, it will be built into a more high-end and high-quality service center for facial features, dentistry, and physical examination.

According to Lei Jing, Secretary of the Party Committee of Punan Hospital, based on long-term service to the World Expo area and radiating to multiple streets such as Tangqiao, Shanggang, Nanmatou, and Zhoujiadu, facing the characteristic that nearly 40% of the total population in the region is elderly, the hospital will rely on this hardware function upgrade to fully build a high-quality regional medical center and solve the "urgent difficulties and anxieties" of the people. At the same time, the hospital will further develop the "big rehabilitation" concept and "chronic disease management" system that links second and third level hospitals with the community, truly implement cardiac rehabilitation, neurological rehabilitation, and orthopedic rehabilitation, rely on the power of medical alliances to drive surrounding communities, promote the linkage between Renji Hospital, Punan Hospital, and community health service centers, form a "strong waist" hub for Punan Hospital, guide community health service centers to manage chronic disease and long-term prescription patients well, and be able to refer difficult cases to Renji Hospital.

Renji Punan Cooperation and Co construction to Build a High Quality Regional Medical Center

On September 29th last year, the Pudong New Area Health Commission and Renji Hospital signed an agreement to jointly build Punan Hospital, adhering to the concept of homogenization and bringing the "Renji gene" into various aspects of Punan management, medicine, education, and research. In less than a year, the directors of 38 departments at Punan Hospital have all been concurrently held by the directors of various departments at Renji Hospital, of which 11 departments have appointed executive directors. Renji Advantage Discipline Specialized Disease Outpatient Clinic has been established, with nearly 30 experts including Guan Yangtai, Zhao Aimin, Ye Weijing, Qiu Jiangfeng, etc. opening special needs and expert clinics at Punan Hospital, making it a reality for surrounding residents to obtain expert accounts from top tier hospitals at their doorstep.

Recently, various new technologies have been developed one after another, and breakthroughs have been made in difficult and major surgeries. The first specialized outpatient clinic for carotid artery plaques in Pudong New Area, led by Guan Yangtai, has opened at Punan Hospital; Bu Jun and Zhou Yong completed the first cardiac intervention atrial septal defect occlusion surgery; Ye Weijing performed the first transurethral holmium laser prostatectomy and subsequently underwent routine procedures; Qiu Jiangfeng successfully performed more than 20 grade 4 surgeries, including laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy, laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer, and rectal cancer. The Hematology Department has developed from a small department with 5 approved beds to a standard department with a size equivalent to that of the internal medicine sub specialty. Patients with acute and chronic leukemia, lymphoma, and other blood diseases have received homogeneous and precise treatment throughout the entire process through Renji; The opening of the tumor day chemotherapy ward also provides a one-stop convenient medical service for cancer patients, which is only available once.

Mou Shan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President of Renji Hospital, introduced that Punan Hospital has officially been approved as a clinical internship base at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. On the basis of cooperative construction, efforts are being made to cultivate homogeneous local medical talents. In November 2022, the "Renji Punan" dedicated line was opened, and patient docking was completed in January 2023 and testing system docking was completed in February 2023. From then on, comprehensive integration of medical record data such as imaging data and testing reports for transferred patients was achieved.

Since 1983, in order to improve the problem of difficult medical treatment for residents on the east bank of the Huangpu River, Shanghai Nanshi District Punan Hospital, located at 255 Nanmatou Road in the original Nanshi District, has emerged. "In the future, Punan Hospital will continue to leverage the advantages of Renji Hospital's homogeneous management, with the goal of promoting high-quality development and creating a tertiary hospital. It will further promote the expansion, sinking, and radiation of high-quality medical resources to surrounding communities, making contributions to a healthy Pudong and a healthy Shanghai." Lei Jing said.