Founded in 1958, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University (HBMU) is one of the country's leading hospitals and advanced particularly in orthopedics medicine. The Third Hospital of HBMU is internationally acclaimed for excellence in clinical care, health and medical education, and scientific research. The hospital has been named as “ The Best Hospital in Hebei Province” for thirteen consecutive years for its high recognition.
A premier tertiary-care facility, the Third Hospital of HBMU draws patients from surrounding communities, across the country and around the world. Situated on a 97,000 square meters campus in the center of the city of Shijiazhuang, the Third Hospital has 1303 patient beds, with 60 academic and clinical departments, centers, and institutes. Our staff of more than 1,295 full-time physicians treats 34,000 inpatients and 405,000 outpatients based on the medical report in 2007. Average inpatient hospital stay 14.47 days. The attending physicians, of whom 138 are full professors and 202 are associate professors, cover all areas of expertise in every clinical specialty.
A regional center for orthopedic trauma and spinal cord treatment and rehabilitation, the Third Hospital has one of the most comprehensive and innovative orthopedic and rehabilitation programs in the country, and is also home to the regional orthopedic research center. Our Emergency Trauma Unit is well respected throughout the country. Hospital programs in endocrinology, nephrology, and the integration of traditional and western medicine for the treatment of liver disease also are the regional leaders. Our surgical department has performed many advanced surgeries, including liver and kidney transplantation, congenital heart disease surgery, third ventricle tumor resection, radical treatment of gastric cancer, low-anal radical resection of rectal cancer, artificial vascular bypass surgery and many others.
The Third Hospital of HBMU is responsible for the certification of physicians at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level, and as appropriate undertake the education of other health and allied professionals.
Since the first reattachment of severely broken finger performed in the Third Hospital of HBMU in the early 1960, people from all over the country have come to our hospital for high quality and cutting edge orthopedic care including various pediatric orthopedic issues. Our faculty members will continue to carry out the hospital’s core mission of educating and training future generation of health care professional and to provide the most advanced and compassionate inpatient and outpatient care.