The Shanxi Cardiovascular Hospital was founded in 1980 and is affiliated with the Shanxi Medical University. In addition to medical treatment, the hospital focuses on research, education and pre- and postoperative care.
The hospital has about 1,300 inpatient beds, over 1500 employees and normally treats over 250,000 outpatients and 35,000 inpatients a year. The Department of Cardiology has been authorized as the National Key Clinical Specialty, Key Medical Discipline of Shanxi Province, Shanxi Provincial Quality Control Centre for Cardiovascular Interventional Diagnosis and Treatment, amongst others.
Over 6000 percutaneous coronary intervention – PCI - cases including over 1000 Primary PCIs are performed in this centre each year. Radiofrequency – RF - ablation and pacemaker implantation are accomplished in around 1,500 and 1,000 patients every year. Over 1500 cases of various cardiovascular surgeries are performed each year in the hospital.
Upon the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, the hospital established an effective pandemic preparedness and control strategy, including the following:
The existing pandemic response plan is continuously improved and adapted to the current situation. This enables the hospital to react quickly to changes in the incidence and to integrate new scientific findings into the measures. The holistic approach of the measures, the use of digital management systems and an effective hygiene concept have reduced the number of patients infected with COVID-19 drastically.
The experience of the Shanxi Cardiovascular Hospital shows that comprehensive planning, scientific prevention and control, as well as adherence to the "four early" principles (early detection, early diagnosis, early isolation and early treatment) are effective methods to contain the spread of the virus. International exchange and learning from each other's experiences is important to further combat the virus effectively in the future.
Wang Fei MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Department
Shanxi Cardiovascular Hospital
No.18, Yifen Street, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, P.R. of China
Zipcode: 030024
Phone: +86-13453189752
COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control in a cardiovascular hospital in Shanxi, China (PDF)
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