Sources: News Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
Written by: News Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
Translated by: Wang Hui

On the morning of November 28, Lin Shaochun, Deputy Governor of Guangdong Province, conducted survey and research in Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC) and The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, and held a seminar with persons in charge of the affiliated hospitals of SYSU, accompanied by Zheng Detao, Secretary of SYSU Party Committee, and Liao Xinbo, Deputy Director General of the Department of Health of Guangdong Province. Deputy Governor Lin Shaochun fully affirmed the outstanding contribution and leading role of SYSU in improving the health conditions of people in Guangdong, offering support to the development of hospitals at the basic level and promoting international exchange.He also proposed four requirements on the reform and construction of public hospitals. Deputy Governor Lin Shaochun first inspected the construction of infrastructure and discipline platforms and the cultivation of key disciplines in SYSUCC and The First Affiliated Hospital, approving the achievements made by SYSU affiliated hospitals in construction and development in recent years.

At the seminar, Liao Zhener, Executive Deputy Director of SYSUCC, Wang Shenming, Director of the First Affiliated Hospital, and persons in charge of the affiliated hospitals reported on the general situation, medical service, reform and current challenges of the hospitals.

Deputy Governor Lin Shaochun praised the work of SYSU affiliated hospitals. He pointed out that SYSU and its affiliated hospitals have cultivated many medical talents for Guangdong, provided high quality medical services to people in Guangdong, and made notable contributions to serving health care at the basic level, promoting the overall development of health care in Guangdong and enhancing international exchange.

Deputy Governor Lin Shaochun shared his observations with the attendees on the new round of reform of medical and public health system and put forward four requirements on the reform and construction of public hospitals. First, public hospitals should actively participate in healthcare reform and remove the management and operation patterns that cannot meet the demands of social development. At the same time, public hospitals need to break the practice of “supporting hospitals by charging high drug prices” and explore new compensation mechanism from the aspects of government, medical insurance and hospital management to make sure that the burden on ordinary people to see a doctor won’t be increased while the income of the hospitals won’t be reduced. Second, on the basis of providing basic medical services, public hospitals should put in greater efforts to improve medical technologies, attach importance to research and construction of key specialties, and try their best to treat serious illnesses and difficult and complicated cases that cannot be treated by hospitals at the basic level. Third, public hospitals should pay much attention to information construction in all aspects of hospital management in accordance with the requirements of modern hospitals. Fourth, public hospitals should promote international exchange and cooperation, make full use of its favorable geographical location of being adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, and enhance exchange and cooperation with international research institutions to improve their comprehensive strength.

On behalf of the University, Secretary Zheng Detao extended warm welcome to Deputy Governor Lin Shaochun for conducting survey and research in the affiliated hospitals, and expressed gratitude to Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government for providing care and support to SYSU and its affiliated hospitals over the years. He asked all affiliated hospitals to make continuous efforts in high-quality talent cultivation, high-level scientific research output and high-level medical services according to the requirements of Deputy Governor Lin Shaochun, and make greater contributions to health care in Guangdong Province.