Xinjiang boasts the best medical facilities and medical professionals in the whole Central Asia region, so foreigners frome all neighboring countries flock to Xinjiang to seek medical help when their own countgry fail to provide it.
Xinjiang hospitals treat over 20,000 foreign patients from neighboring countries
By Zhang Hui Source:Global Times Published: 2019/8/26 16:38:39
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has established a cross-border telemedicine service platform which has so far helped more than 20,000 foreign patients from nearby Central Asian countries.
Xinjiang launched the international medical service in five of its hospitals which have so far treated 21,178 foreign patients. Relying on Urumqi's high-quality medical resources, local health authorities established a cross-border telemedicine service platform in 2015, connecting 29 hospitals in the region and 24 hospitals in three nearby countries, according to information the Xinjiang's health commission provided to the Global Times on Monday.
With improved medical quality and a similar language, a growing number of heart disease patients from nearby Central Asian countries, mostly Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, who previously went to Germany for treatment, came to Xinjiang's hospitals, Ding Qiang, director of Kizilsu Kirgiz People's Hospital in west Xinjiang, told the Global Times on Monday.
Ding, who was sent by East China's Jiangsu Province to assist Xinjiang's medical services, said that last year his hospital treated three foreign heart disease patients, but this year 30 foreign patients have already registered at the hospital.
Doctors from Jiangsu began assisting Xinjiang hospitals in 2016. Ding's hospital is able to perform transcatheter closure surgery on patients with congenital heart disease, which is less traumatic and less risky compared to other methods.
In Urumqi, a new international hospital began operation on August 16, to provide cross-border health services for Central and Western Asian countries.
According to Xinjiang health commission, Xinjiang also established the China-Central Asia tuberculosis control and training base, which will cooperate with related countries to build a joint tuberculosis prevention mechanism.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1162681.shtml
Xinjiang hospital uses 5G technology to improve treatment
12:28, 17-Jul-2020
A hospital in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has adopted 5G technology to improve its daily treatment of patients, launching a range of 5G-supported services on Wednesday.
The technology is being used for pre-hospital first aid, robot guidance, VR visiting, remote ultrasound and other medical services, according to the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University in Urumqi, the regional capital.
The large bandwidth and reduced time-lag of 5G technology can greatly improve the ability of high-quality medical resources to benefit more patients, according to Tang Baopeng, vice president of the hospital. For example, 5G ultrasound makes medical images clearer and facilitates the real-time interaction between doctors from different areas, which could solve some technical problems for remote hospitals faster.
China Mobile's Xinjiang branch, the service provider, said 5G technology will be implemented in more hospitals in Urumqi.
So far, 2,379 5G base stations have been built in Urumqi, and the 5G coverage in urban areas has reached 94.6 percent.
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