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Pudong quality-control experts visit SIMC for 2026 medical quality inspection

On the morning of 28 August 2026, a Pudong New Area medical quality-control expert team visited Shanghai International Medical Center (SIMC) for the 2026 annual quality-control inspection—aimed at reinforcing safety baselines and deepening care quality. The review spanned medical administration, outpatient operations, medical records, nursing, infection control, and pharmacy management, assessing service quality, fine-grained management, documentation standards, and end-to-end patient-safety capability. President Fei Ke, Medical Affairs Director Diao Shu, Nursing Director Si Yibing, department leads, and core hospital QC members accompanied the visit; line managers joined inspections and feedback so reporting and on-site dialogue stayed efficient. At the kickoff, President Fei welcomed the experts and stressed that quality is the hospital’s enduring lifeline—QC inspection is not a pass/fail exam but professional help to iterate management from “qualified” toward excellence. Since opening, SIMC has kept safety and quality at the top of priorities, aligned with Shanghai and Pudong standards, and steadily strengthened its three-tier QC system; over the past year it closed the loop on prior findings and built practical fine-management experience. Director Diao then briefed recent operations, progress closing 2025 QC findings, and 2026 priorities for the quality-and-safety system. Teams inspected by specialty: reviewing ledgers, sampling active and archived charts, and interviewing frontline clinicians and managers across governance, safety risk control, record quality, standardized nursing and humanistic care, infection control and emergency response, pharmacy safety and appropriateness, and outpatient process performance. After more than two hours, feedback affirmed SIMC’s QC strengths while naming gaps and actionable fixes. Leadership accepted the recommendations in full and committed to itemized, time-bound remediation—strengthening the QC system, holding the safety line, and delivering safer, higher-quality, more efficient care.

SIMC brings physician-day health consultations to Zhangjiang Science Gate

On China's ninth Physicians' Day (21 August 2026), Shanghai International Medical Center (SIMC) sent a multidisciplinary volunteer team of specialist clinicians into Zhangjiang Science Gate in Pudong for a Party-building-led health consultation day—bringing accessible, professional care to the science-and-innovation frontline and closing the last mile of community health outreach. Zhangjiang Science Gate concentrates researchers and corporate professionals whose long desk hours, high pressure, and irregular routines raise risks of cervical/lumbar strain, insomnia and anxiety, GI discomfort, and chronic sub-health. Anchored in hospital-local Party-building collaboration, the event targeted those workplace pain points with physicians from internal medicine, surgery, TCM, rehabilitation, and health management offering one-to-one consults, chronic-disease Q&A, medication guidance, and rehab assessment. On site, clinicians listened carefully, assessed symptoms, and advised on sedentary strain, neck/back pain, sleep issues, GI disorders, and hypertension/diabetes management—including contraindications, follow-up cadence, diet and exercise, plus office stretches and posture demos. Many researchers said project work leaves little time for hospital visits; being able to meet experts during a lunch break felt especially practical. Zhangjiang Science City Comprehensive Party Committee leaders and SIMC leadership visited to thank the team and convey Physicians' Day greetings. Committee Secretary Zhou Xiuhua praised SIMC's outreach and called for more tailored workplace health programs; President Fei Ke said the day's theme aligns with SIMC's local service mission and pledged ongoing park- and community-based clinics and education. Both sides discussed a standing health service station and joint workplace health literacy. The event marked Physicians' Day in action and deepened SIMC's Party-building and service roots in Pudong's innovation hub.

Shanghai social-hospital health-checkup committee launches with deep SIMC participation

Shanghai’s Social Medical Institution Association recently held the founding congress and first academic meeting of its Health Checkup Professional Committee. Association leaders joined 100+ peers from social-hospital health management across the city to mark a milestone for Shanghai’s privately operated checkup sector. After a secret ballot, the first leadership team was elected; Dr. Weng Ziyi, director of SIMC’s checkup center, was named deputy chair and read the committee’s working regulations at the ceremony, aligning development standards for the industry. SIMC’s checkup center—built to JCI and five-star hospitality benchmarks as a standalone facility—has for years been rated an excellent Shanghai checkup quality-control unit since opening in 2014. It offers both corporate and individual packages plus risk-disease screening, citing access to 2,000+ tertiary-hospital experts, senior-led reporting physicians, Siemens 3.0T MRI, 64-slice dual-source CT, multiple high-precision Philips ultrasound units and endoscopy, and a ~1,500 m² two-floor space with seven VIP changing rooms. The committee’s launch signals a more standardized, quality-driven phase for Shanghai’s social-hospital checkup sector. SIMC says it will keep leveraging clinical resources, equipment, and service experience—together with peers—to uphold quality baselines and explore digital checkup and full-cycle health-management pathways.

SIMC story: after 25 radiation sessions, she can sit comfortably again

“After 25 sessions my complexion and energy are so much better—I can sit comfortably again and start a new chapter,” said Ms. Liu (alias) in SIMC’s radiotherapy clinic, visibly moved as recovery progressed. After a full course of precise treatment, she had moved past the torment of a complex rectal tumor. She had long struggled with anorectal symptoms—altered stool form and difficult bowel movements—until escalating pain made sitting nearly impossible and upended daily life. She sought care with Radiotherapy Director Yao Hui at Shanghai International Medical Center (SIMC). Work-up showed a rectal tumor extensively involving nearby organs, including cervix, vagina, bladder posterior wall, and perineum. Location, extent, and proximity to critical structures made conventional approaches difficult and raised the risk of collateral tissue injury. Early on she feared severe hair loss, extreme discomfort, and whether she could endure radiotherapy. For this high-risk, multi-site invasion, Director Yao’s team designed an individualized concurrent chemoradiotherapy plan using TOMO helical tomotherapy: real-time image guidance to lock onto the target, plus anatomy-aware dose optimization to spare normal organs while treating tumor. The course felt more tolerable than popular expectations of radiotherapy, easing her anxiety. After 25 structured sessions, the lesion was controlled and symptoms eased markedly. She recalled arriving unable to sit without bracing her hands; she now sits at ease with better color and energy, and says the process was far more acceptable than feared. She thanked Director Yao and the nursing team for careful, warm care and a reassuring environment. SIMC plans MRI follow-up and MDT discussion aiming for sphincter-preserving surgery where appropriate—seeking both oncologic control and function. Director Yao’s advice to patients: follow prescriptions closely; keep regular sleep and balanced nutrition; stay optimistic. SIMC Radiotherapy (~20 clinical and technical staff) fields Varian VitalBeam, TOMO, cranial gamma knife, and Siemens large-bore 4D simulation CT, emphasizing standardized, individualized, precise, function-minded care. This article is for information only and is not a treatment recommendation; seek care at a qualified hospital for clinical guidance.

SIMC story: 78-year-old recovers beyond expectations after hip replacement

“At 78, after a joint replacement, she was standing the next day—that already felt remarkable,” a family member recalled of their mother’s fall and recovery: fear mixed with relief and gratitude. Not long before, Aunt Chen (alias), 78, fell while walking at home. Relatives first assumed a few days of soreness was normal for brittle bones; as pain worsened and walking became hard, they sought imaging and learned she had a right femoral-neck fracture. In orthopedics this is often called “the last fracture of life”—not because surgery is inevitably perilous, but because many older patients who stay bedbound on conservative care face life-threatening complications such as pressure sores, pneumonia, and thrombosis. Surgery was required: artificial hip replacement. The family hesitated given her age, then chose Shanghai International Medical Center (SIMC) and an experienced surgical team. The procedure was short with limited blood loss; postoperative X-rays showed good implant position. On rounds she was already actively flexing and extending the joint, gaining strength day by day. Relatives praised SIMC’s one-to-one service as meaningfully aiding her recovery. The case underscores both modern arthroplasty’s second chance for older adults and a warning: do not shrug off a fall. SIMC orthopedic physicians note that femoral-neck and intertrochanteric fractures are common after falls in the elderly; mature options including minimally invasive care and joint replacement can restore mobility—if patients seek early diagnosis and treatment rather than waiting out the pain. Persistent pain or limited motion after a fall warrants prompt evaluation. SIMC Orthopedics covers spine, joints, sports medicine, trauma, hand surgery, and bone damage from osteoporosis or gout, with visiting senior specialists from major tertiary hospitals alongside in-house clinicians. This article is for information only and is not a treatment recommendation; seek care at a qualified hospital for clinical guidance.

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Hospital-provided clinical footage illustrating care capabilities. Indications and outcomes vary—confirm with the attending physician; no outcome is guaranteed.