A few days ago, Universal Medical Financial & Technical Advisory Services Company Limited ("Universal Medical") and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University ("Second Affiliated Hospital") officially signed the framework agreement pertaining to the joint establishment of the International Airport Hospital in Zhengzhou International Conference and Exhibition Center.
Alliance between Giants
Jointly Establishing an Advanced Medical Technology Center in Central China
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University is a comprehensive Class III Grade A hospital under the direct supervision of the National Health and Family Planning Commission of Henan Province. Since its establishment in 1952, the Hospital has been engaged in medical, teaching and scientific research activities. Reputed with skilled technology, strict teaching philosophy, practical approach to study and quality service to patients, the Hospital became the first center for doctor programs and post-doctoral studies of Henan Province and one of the key training bases for medical talents.
Universal Medical, as a listed company under China General Technology (Group) Holding Company Limited, a Fortune 500 enterprise, is a leading integrated healthcare services provider in China. Leveraged on its abundant global medical resources platform, the Company offers a wide range of flexible integrated healthcare solutions to its hospital customers in terms of medical digitalization, medical technology, hospital building design, hospital investment and management as well as medical financing support.
The cooperation between the two giants to co-construct and operate International Airport Hospital under Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University will facilitate the establishment of an advanced medical technology center for Central China, improve medical conditions for residents and seek a new way to respond to the medical reform in the new period.
Optimize allocation of resources
Striving to be a benchmarking project of medical reform
Henan public health department pays high attention to the cooperation between two giants. A few days ago, Henan NHFPC signed and issued "Official Written Reply to Matters Concerned with Cooperation between the Second Affiliated Hospital of Henan University and Universal Medical Financial & Technical Advisory Services Company Limited" to show support to the International Airport Hospital project.
At present, Second Affiliated Hospital covers an area of only 24 mu in the down town. The overcrowded and traffic-clogged hospital not only makes patients uncomfortable, but also hinders the sustainable development of the hospital itself. The International Airport Hospital contemplated hereunder will effectively improve the allocation of local medical resources and comprehensively enhance medical technology level and therefore the growing medical need of populous Henan Province could be met, a medical academic center of Henan even Central China could be established and a new model of cooperation among government, state-owned key enterprises, universities as well as their hospitals could be set up.
Support medical reform
Proactively exploring new models for public hospitals
Over the years, China's medical reform has stepped into "deep waters" and public hospital reform, with breaking hospital profiting mechanisms and establishing a well laid-out medical service system and a hierarchical medical system as its basic goal, has been in full swing. Central government has promulgated a string of policies to support medical reform by encouraging the introduction of social capital and explore new models to operate hospitals. Social capital engaged in local healthcare industry development is fully supported by policies successively promulgated, such as "Opinions of the State Council on Deepening the Reform of the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare System", "Opinions on Further Encourage and Guiding Social Capital in Running Medical Institutions" and "Several Opinions of the State Council to Promote the Development of Healthcare Services".
With strong political encouragement, social capital, especially state-owned key enterprises shouldering the responsibility of guaranteeing people's livelihood, has been playing an important role in the new round of medical reform as well as medical elderly care industry, which not only responds to President Xi's instruction to make SOEs bigger, stronger and better, but also meets the urgent demand to vigorously develop healthcare industry.
Meanwhile, Henan provincial government and Zhengzhou municipal government promulgated a series of policies in respond to the call of central government, landing the guidance of 2009 new medical reform plan on the ground and deepening local pharmaceutical and healthcare system reform. The cooperation between two sides kicks off a new model of public hospital reform right under the situation below.
Via the project, Universal Medical will deepen the cooperation with Henan medical system and gradually establish a regional medical alliance covering Henan Province as well as Central China. The Company is committed to securing the multi-level medical needs of Central China residents and providing support for development strategies of "Rise of Central China" and "Central China Economic Zone".
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