Guanshanhu expands healthcare access with stronger services

A family doctor visits a resident at home to check his blood pressure and blood sugar levels. [Photo/Guanshanhu Integrated Media Center]

Guanshanhu district in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou province, has expanded healthcare capacity and strengthened community-level medical services over the past five years, bringing care closer to residents.

Several tertiary hospitals, including Guizhou Hospital of Shanghai Children's Medical Center and Jinzhu Hospital of Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, have opened during the period.

Primary healthcare institutions now cover the entire district, where the number of hospital beds has now reached 9.2 per 1,000 residents, above the national, provincial, and municipal averages.

The district has also improved the quality of grassroots healthcare by training primary-level medical workers and developing specialty services. Five healthcare specialties, including pediatrics, traditional Chinese medicine, and hypertension care, have been established to meet common medical needs closer to home.

Residents can also access free health checkups, chronic disease management services, medical consultations, and health education. Improved referral arrangements between primary-level and higher-level hospitals are designed to help patients receive appropriate care more efficiently.

Family doctor services have expanded significantly, with more than 408,000 residents signing up for the service. A total of 126 family doctor teams, involving nearly 700 medical workers, provide ongoing health support.