Rehabilitation Medicine

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Hangzhou First People's Hospital has a long history of more than 40 years. Through years of consolidation, pioneering work, development, and rapid growth, it has now become a first-level clinical discipline integrating modern rehabilitation with traditional rehabilitation and combining clinical care, teaching, and research. It serves as the chairing institution of the Academic Committee of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Branch of the Hangzhou Medical Association, the vice-chairing institution of the Academic Committee of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Branch of the Zhejiang Medical Association, the Hangzhou Rehabilitation Medicine Quality Control Center, and the Zhejiang Geriatric Nursing Specialist Nurse Training Base. It is the only Hangzhou Rehabilitation Medical Diagnosis and Treatment Center officially designated by the Hangzhou Municipal Health Commission. The rehabilitation team comprises 30 rehabilitation physicians, rehabilitation therapists, and rehabilitation nurses, including 1 chief physician, 3 deputy chief physicians, and 3 attending physicians; 1 deputy chief technician and 3 supervising technicians; 1 chief nurse, 2 deputy chief nurses, and 5 supervising nurses. The department has a rehabilitation outpatient clinic, rehabilitation wards, a rehabilitation assessment room, an exercise therapy room, a physiotherapy room, an occupational therapy room, a speech and swallowing therapy room, a rehabilitation engineering room, a pediatric rehabilitation room, a cognitive therapy room, and a traditional rehabilitation therapy room, among others. It is equipped with modern PT, OT, ST, rehabilitation engineering, and assessment equipment, as well as physiotherapy equipment, and has 34 available beds. The head of the department, Fan Zhenyong, is a member of the Orthopedic Rehabilitation Group of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, deputy director of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Branch of the Hangzhou Medical Association, and a member of the Zhejiang Rehabilitation Medicine Quality Control Center. The responsibilities of the rehabilitation physicians, therapists, and nurses are clearly defined, and their professional fields are well delineated. Several key staff members serve as standing committee members, committee members, and hold other positions in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation branches of the provincial and municipal medical associations and in professional branches of the Zhejiang Rehabilitation Medical Association. The department's overall comprehensive strength ranks among the leading levels in Zhejiang Province.