Paediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics of the Third Hospital of Peking University was founded in 1958, the year the hospital was established; over more than 60 years of inheritance and development by several generations, the scale of the discipline has gradually grown. In 1984 it was approved by the State Education Commission as a master's degree-granting unit; in 1995 it became a doctoral degree-granting unit and in the same year, in collaboration with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, received the national honorary title of Baby-Friendly Hospital; in 2003 it received the Special Contribution Award for maternal and infant safety of Haidian District; in 2005, together with the Department of Pediatrics of Peking University First Hospital and the Department of Pediatrics of Peking University People's Hospital, it jointly established the Department of Pediatrics of Peking University, and was approved as a key discipline of the 211 Project; in 2010, again in collaboration with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, it was designated by the Beijing Municipal Health Commission as the Haidian District Center for the Rescue and Treatment of Critically Ill Pregnant and Puerperal Women and Perinatal Infants. In 2016, with the relaxation of the national two-child policy, and relying on our strength in the field of neonatology in Beijing, it was named by the Beijing Municipal Health Commission as a municipal-level designated hospital for the referral and treatment of critically ill newborns. In 2018 it was rated by the Beijing Municipal Health Commission as a Beijing municipal-level demonstration base for neonatal health care as a specialty.
The Department of Pediatrics has 110 beds and comprises 5 units: the neonatal intensive care unit, the neonatal ward, the general pediatric ward, the pediatric outpatient and emergency department, and the child health development center; its specialty setup includes 11 specialties: neonatology, critical care medicine, gastroenterology, respiratory medicine, endocrinology, neurology, nephrology, cardiovascular medicine, rheumatology and immunology, ultrasound diagnosis, and child health care, among which neonatology and child health care are the key specialties of the discipline, and it is at the forefront of domestic peers in fields such as the rescue and treatment of critically ill newborns, comprehensive management of premature infants, short stature, and the diagnosis and treatment of food allergy. In 2019, the volume of outpatient and emergency visits was 233,707, the average daily outpatient volume was 641 visits, and the number of discharged patients was 3,268. The Department of Pediatrics currently has 161 staff members, including 44 physicians, of whom 20 hold senior professional titles and 24 hold junior and intermediate professional titles; 108 nurses and 9 auxiliary technical personnel. To date, it has trained more than 70 doctoral and master's postgraduate students. The discipline's scientific and technological ranking is at the advanced domestic level of the same industry.
We hope that through hard work and dedication to duty we can safeguard children's health; with our hands we hold up the hope of the motherland's tomorrow, and with smiles we welcome the motherland's bright future!