Lishui Central Hospital Introduction

Lishui Central Hospital (the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University) was established in 1971 and began operation in 1973. It was accredited as a national grade-A tertiary general hospital in 2005.

The hospital spans 280,000 square meters and houses 2,057 beds. In 2024, it recorded 2.3678 million outpatient and emergency visits and over 104,300 inpatient discharges.

The hospital has been awarded more than 100 honorary titles at the provincial level or above, including the National May Day Labor Award, National Civilized Unit, and Zhejiang Province's Top Ten Hospitals (inaugural list).

It has consistently ranked within the top 5% to 10% in the national performance assessment of tertiary public hospitals for six consecutive years and has been awarded an A+ grade.

The hospital currently has a staff of over 4,000, including 658 senior professional and technical personnel, 21 postdoctoral fellows, 84 doctoral degree holders (including candidates), and 467 master's degree holders. It has 69 clinical, technical, and platform-based departments/research centers. The hospital itself was selected as one of the first batch of research hospital cultivation units in Zhejiang Province.

4,000

The hospital currently has a staff of over 4,000

280,000

The hospital spans 280,000 square meters

The hospital hosts 2 national key clinical construction specialties, 3 provincial key clinical construction specialties, 2 provincial-supported key disciplines, 4 jointly established key disciplines by the province and city, 6 provincial regional specialty medical centers, 3 Wenzhou Medical University key disciplines, 2 Wenzhou Medical University key discipline groups, 5 Lishui medical peak disciplines, 2 municipal key clinical construction specialties, and 16 Lishui key disciplines. Together, these developed a first-class regional medical system centered on national and provincial key clinical specialties, provincial regional key clinical specialties, key discipline clusters of Wenzhou Medical University, and the provincial key laboratory of imaging and interventional medicine, achieving rapid, steady, and high-quality coordinated development in clinical care, scientific research, education, academic advancement and hospital management.

The hospital adheres to the coordinated development of science and education, and has established a national postdoctoral research workstation, a provincial academician workstation, a provincial key laboratory, a provincial engineering research center, and a provincial international science and technology cooperation base. It has 15 national-level standardized residency training bases. It is recognized as a provincial-level joint postgraduate training base, serves as the Chair Institution of the Alliance Committee of Wenzhou Medical University's Postgraduate Training Bases, and is designated as a Class A Postgraduate Training Base by Wenzhou Medical University. Over the past three years, the hospital has secured 433 research projects at national, provincial, and municipal levels. It has published over 180 papers in first-tier academic journals and nearly 333 papers in SCI-indexed journals, as well as 19 monographs.

The hospital places high priority on enhancing its intrinsic quality and consistently advocates refined management. Its concept and achievements in refined management have been highly commended by the leadership of the National Health Commission and widely acclaimed by peers in the healthcare sector.

In recent years, the influence of the hospital's management practices has been growing steadily, and its reputation has been on the rise. It has attracted many domestic and foreign institutions to visit and exchange. In 2024 alone, it hosted visiting delegations from over 100 organizations, totaling more than 2,700 visitors. It has become an important window for promoting and showcasing Lishui.

The hospital adheres to the philosophy of "Treating patients as kin and colleagues as family," and upholds its motto: "Life First, Health Foremost." Guided by its cultural principles and behavioral standards defined by the "Four Whether it Contributes To", the hospital aims to build an internationally influential medical center and a regionally leading healthcare hub centered on people's health and providing whole-life-cycle health management. With the "13350 Project" as its development strategy, the hospital advances comprehensive and high-quality development through refined management.