Health union boosts fight against chest disease

Shanghai Chest Hospital has set up a union with five medical facilities in the Yangtze River Delta region to boost regular and unified diagnosis and treatment of chest diseases.

12-11-2022

New outpatient service for people with multiple lung nodules

People with multiple lung nodules can expect to bypass the trouble of seeing different doctors and receiving excessive CT checks in Shanghai.

21-09-2022

Chest hospital leads way in treatment of mediastinal diseases

Shanghai Chest Hospital has set up the world's largest database for mediastinal diseases, and also conducted the largest number of thymic tumor surgeries in the world.

12-02-2022

Faster and easier: Digital technology streamlines hospital services

Digital technology and a patient-oriented service format have streamlined services at Shanghai Chest Hospital.

04-01-2022

Implanted cardiac monitor pioneered in China by city hospital

Shanghai Chest Hospital announced it has introduced an insertable cardiac monitor to increase its long-term electro-cardiographic monitoring of patients and symptom correlation.

30-10-2021

Patient recovers after eight days on life support and after lung transplant

A patient who has survived for eight days connected to a life-support machine and then underwent a lung transplant surgery is recovering well and will be discharged on Wednesday, said Shanghai Chest Hospital.

26-10-2021

Local hospital simplifies treatments for critical patients

Patients with complicated conditions at Shanghai Chest Hospital can now receive comprehensive and individualized diagnosis, treatment and long-term management through the hospital's 12 newly established multidisciplinary (MDT) clinics.

01-09-2021

Xinjiang student in good heart after successful surgery

A Shanghai doctor who is providing medical support in Xinjiang conducted an emergency surgery on a 19-year-old Uygur student for a congenital heart disease on May 1. The student was discharged after recovery on Friday afternoon.

01-09-2021

World's first single-hole lung cancer surgery performed in city

Local medical experts carried out the world’s first single-hole, robot-assisted surgery for early-stage lung cancer, Shanghai Chest Hospital announced today.

01-09-2021