Outpatient Department No. 1

1. General information

Founded in 1930, Outpatient Department No. 1 is the longest-established and the most deeply rooted comprehensive outpatient department of Dongguan People's Hospital. For nearly a hundred years it has carried the health memories of several generations of Dongguan residents, who affectionately call it the "People's Hospital". The department occupies a site of 2,843 m² with a building area of 8,338 m²; transport links are convenient and it is adjacent to a car park. The department has advanced medical equipment, a complete range of clinical departments and a clean, comfortable environment.

The department has long undertaken the diagnosis and treatment of outpatient and emergency patients, maternal and child health care, disease prevention, public health education, premarital examinations and pregnancy health checks. Its clinical departments include the emergency room, internal medicine, surgery, paediatrics, child health, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, ENT, traditional Chinese medicine, rehabilitation and physiotherapy, traditional Chinese nursing clinic, dermatology, andrology and pain medicine; it is also equipped with the supporting functional units of Chinese and Western medicine pharmacies, a laboratory, radiology, a B-mode ultrasound room and an electrocardiography room. Its technical strength is substantial, and specialists with rich clinical experience from every specialty see patients each day.

The department consistently upholds the hospital motto "medical and nursing staff of one heart, caring for the community" and the service philosophy of "patient as the centre, quality as the core". With sound medical ethics and refined skills, it provides patients with safe, high-quality and professional medical services.

2. Management structure

Director of the outpatient department and head of the emergency room: Huang Zhuolun, Chief Physician. Deputy director of the outpatient department: Lai Jingyi, Associate Chief Physician. Head nurse of the outpatient department: Zhong Jianxia, Associate Chief Nurse.

3. Address, enquiry telephone number and bus routes

Outpatient department address: No. 23 Wangwu Street, Guancheng District. Outpatient department enquiry telephone number: 0769-22102300. Bus routes: please go to the Dongguan People's Hospital website -- Patient Services -- Transport Routes -- Bus Routes.

4. Specialist outpatient services and their clinical features

(1) Emergency room It undertakes the emergency treatment of acute, critical and severe conditions within the hospital. It has emergency internal medicine, emergency paediatrics and emergency surgery, and is equipped with a blood-drawing room, a nebulisation room, an injection room, an observation room and a resuscitation room. It has defibrillator monitors, cardiac monitors, ventilators, electrocardiographs and other instruments and equipment. The department layout is rational and the equipment complete; its technical strength is strong, and it has a comparatively high level of treatment for acute, critical and severe conditions.

(2) Internal medicine Daily clinics are staffed by internal medicine physicians with rich clinical experience. It mainly diagnoses and treats common and frequently occurring internal medicine diseases, and has particularly rich experience in diagnosing and treating diseases of older people, such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, cerebral infarction, chronic tracheitis and bronchitis, and emphysema. Specialists from the various departments are scheduled to hold regular clinics to diagnose and treat difficult and complicated internal medicine diseases.

(3) Paediatrics The doctors staffing the daily clinics are all specialists holding the grade of Associate Chief Physician or above who have a comparatively high level of ability in diagnosing and treating difficult paediatric cases. They mainly treat common and frequently occurring paediatric diseases such as upper respiratory tract infection, tracheobronchitis, bronchial asthma, pneumonia, infantile diarrhoea and hand, foot and mouth disease.

(4) Child Health Centre This is the earliest child health centre established by our hospital. It provides child health services including health examinations for infants and young children, neuropsychological developmental screening for ages 0–6, hearing screening, vision screening and transcutaneous bilirubin measurement in newborns.

(5) Obstetrics and gynaecology 1. Obstetrics: provides antenatal examinations, pregnancy health care, Down syndrome screening, diabetes screening, postpartum review and other diagnostic and treatment services. A dedicated management system for high-risk pregnancy has been set up, and counselling on healthy conception and childbearing is provided. Daily clinics are staffed by specialists with rich clinical experience; in addition, specialists skilled in managing obstetric emergencies, severe cases and difficult cases hold regular clinics. 2. Gynaecology: undertakes the diagnosis and treatment of common and frequently occurring gynaecological diseases, covering gynaecological tumours, endocrine diseases, inflammation of the reproductive system and pregnancy-related diseases. Daily clinics are staffed by specialists with rich clinical experience. 3. Free premarital and preconception examinations are provided every Wednesday morning.

(6) Ophthalmology It is equipped with slit lamps, ophthalmoscopes, automated refractometers, non-contact tonometers, non-mydriatic fundus cameras, multifunctional amblyopia treatment coordinators and optical biometers, among other specialised examination equipment. It diagnoses and treats common and difficult ophthalmic diseases including keratoconjunctivitis, dry eye, cataract, glaucoma, fundus diseases, refractive errors, strabismus and amblyopia. It carries out clinical refraction, myopia prevention and control in children and adolescents, amblyopia treatment, comprehensive dry-eye treatment, removal of conjunctival concretions, lacrimal duct irrigation, lacrimal duct probing, epilation of misdirected eyelashes, entropion correction, stye incision, chalazion curettage and excision of eyelid masses, among other treatment items. Daily clinics are staffed by doctors with rich clinical experience.

(7) ENT It diagnoses and treats common and frequently occurring ENT diseases such as suppurative otitis media, secretory otitis media, otitis externa, tinnitus, vertigo, impacted cerumen, allergic rhinitis, acute and chronic sinusitis, epistaxis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, adenoid hypertrophy, laryngitis and foreign bodies of the pharynx and larynx. It performs canalith repositioning, tympanic membrane puncture, nasal negative-pressure displacement therapy, ear canal irrigation, postauricular injection and immunotherapy for allergic rhinitis, among others. Specialists are available every day.

(8) Traditional Chinese medicine The doctor in the daily clinic is an Associate Chief Physician of Traditional Chinese Medicine, who specialises in geriatric diseases (diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, kidney disease), spleen and stomach disorders (chronic gastritis, enteritis, indigestion, abdominal bloating, constipation and others), colds, cough, insomnia, paediatric diseases (colds, cough, indigestion, sweating disorders), irregular menstruation, cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, and traditional Chinese medicine treatment and conditioning after radiotherapy and chemotherapy for tumours. It offers auricular acupressure with seeds, acupoint application, moxibustion, balanced fire cupping and other items.

Other specialists hold regular clinics; they have rich clinical experience in diagnosing and treating common and frequently occurring diseases of internal medicine, paediatrics and gynaecology as well as various difficult and complicated conditions, and specialise in treating the following diseases: 1. Internal medicine diseases: colds, rhinitis, bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, gastrointestinal diseases, liver, pancreatic and biliary diseases, hypertension, nervous headache, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, anaemia, kidney disease, rheumatic diseases, insomnia, sweating disorders, eczema, hair loss and others. 2. Paediatric diseases: colds, cough, asthma, rhinitis, ganji (infantile digestive and nutritional disorder), enuresis, diarrhoea, indigestion, loss of appetite and others. 3. Gynaecological diseases: menstrual disorders, vaginal discharge disorders, infertility and others.

(9) Traditional Chinese nursing clinic Upholding a green health-and-wellness concept, it provides traditional Chinese nursing services. It can regulate neck, shoulder, lower back and leg pain, constipation, insomnia, chronic fatigue syndrome, dry eye, spleen and stomach deficiency-cold patterns, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhoea, rheumatic bi pain, colds and other conditions. It also provides targeted care for imbalanced constitutions such as cold-dampness, damp-heat and yang deficiency, meeting the public's diverse needs in disease prevention and treatment, health maintenance and care, and beauty and complexion care. Special therapies include: gua sha; Du-meridian moxibustion, Ren-meridian moxibustion, Baliao moxibustion, uterine-warming moxibustion, bilateral knee joint moxibustion and umbilical moxibustion; balanced fire cupping, cupping, sliding cupping and auricular acupressure with seeds.

(10) Rehabilitation and physiotherapy It uses combined traditional Chinese therapies of tuina, traction, bone-setting and physiotherapy to provide systematic diagnosis and treatment for headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, numbness and pain of the upper limbs, palpitations and unsteady gait caused by various types of cervical spondylosis, and for lumbar disc herniation, lower back and leg pain, sciatica, lumbar muscle strain, frozen shoulder, external humeral epicondylitis (tennis elbow), soft-tissue injury, facial neuritis (facial palsy) and other conditions.

(11) Andrology Integrated Chinese and Western medicine is used to treat acute and chronic prostatitis, orchitis, epididymitis, seminal vesiculitis, various sexually transmitted diseases, sexual dysfunction and male infertility, and premature ejaculation caused by lumbar disc herniation. Daily clinics are staffed by specialists with rich clinical experience.

(12) Dermatology It diagnoses and treats various common, frequently occurring, uncommon and difficult diseases within dermatology and venereology. In particular it covers the diagnosis and treatment of acne, rosacea, drug eruptions, eczema, urticaria, contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, hair loss, psoriasis, cutaneous fungal diseases, viral skin diseases and various types of sexually transmitted diseases, as well as various skin aesthetic and laser treatments, including fruit-acid chemical peels, laser removal of naevi, removal of pigmented spots and liquid-nitrogen cryotherapy. Daily clinics are staffed by specialists with rich clinical experience.