A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity

Get a real taste of medical care in China in this video of a trip to Chengdu that Chris Moore, MD, and Thomas Cook, MD, took in July 2011. It’s a bit long (39 minutes), but well worth your time to see how the world’s largest hospital cares for residents of what is now China’s third largest city: population 14 million. (New York City’s population, by comparison, is eight million.)   West China Hospital boasts 6,100 staff, more than 4,500 beds, 36 clinical departments, 15 medical technology departments, and more than 100 OR suites that perform 300 surgeries a day. Patients pay for care before they receive it; a head CT scan runs about $50.   Enjoy Dr. Cook’s commentary, and look for his new column about emergency medicine residency issues, “After the Match,” coming to EMN in July.   Click here to watch the video.Tags: International emergency medicine, China, West China HospitalPublished: 4/9/2013 3:40:00 PM
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