Director Tian Lei of the department of maxillofacial trauma of Stomatology Hospital, Air Force Medical University of PLA, performed a highly tricky operation on Aug 20, removing a foreign object from the base of a patient's skull using three-dimensional (3D) positioning technology.
In order to reduce the risk of infection, professor Lyu Yi and his team from the Health Science Center of Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) achieved a world first when they successfully developed a new technology to introduce tubes into or through the trachea using fully magnetic navigation.
Xi'an International Medical Investment Co signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Northwest University (NWU) on May 24, a day which also saw the Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital, affiliated to NWU, unveiled.
The accelerated rehabilitation surgery digital medical demonstration ward was put into use on May 19 in Xijing Hospital of Air Force Medical University of the PLA in Xi'an, capital of Southwest China's Shaanxi province.
The rate of medicines passing qualification standards in Shaanxi province reached 98.17% last year.
Established in 1941, the Xi'an No 1 Hospital (the First Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University) was a Grade-III Class-A comprehensive hospital directly under the Xi'an Health and Family Planning Commission.
The Xi'an No 5 Hospital is a Grade-III Class-A general hospital with a floor space of 32,000 square meters, 700 beds, and more than 40 departments.
The Xi'an No 4 Hospital is a hospital with a history of 100 years.