Chongqing links international clinics, inpatient care and health management through 22 facilities
Chongqing reports five international medical service hospitals and 17 service points, with bilingual teams and named treatment services.
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Chongqing has established an initial group of 22 facilities serving international patients, comprising five hospitals and 17 service points. A municipal government report published on February 24, 2026, describes a network covering international outpatient clinics, inpatient treatment and health management, alongside a local standard for clinical services.
A standard for care and a bilingual team
The city has issued its local International Medical Service Specification to standardize processes including diagnosis and treatment. The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University led the development of the standard.
He Jianguo, a vice-president of that hospital, said it had formed a core medical team working in Chinese and English. The hospital is developing its international clinical and management experience while maintaining its role as a public hospital. The city's initial group combines hospital services with separate service points across several stages of care.
Combined treatment for neck and shoulder pain
Chongqing People's Hospital offers a neck and shoulder pain relief package that combines Chinese and Western medical approaches. Vice-president Luo Xiaoji said the service brings acupuncture and moxibustion together with Western diagnostic and treatment methods.
More than 100 foreign nationals had used the package by the time of the report.
An American patient's focused ultrasound treatment
The report also describes Sophia, an American woman with breast cancer who received focused ultrasound ablation at Chongqing Haifu Hospital. Executive vice-president Xiong Yu said the procedure was performed without an incision, achieved complete ablation of the lesion, and was followed by discharge.
Sophia described comparing her magnetic resonance images and said she was pleased with the apparent treatment effect. These were the hospital's and patient's accounts of the immediate outcome, without long-term cancer follow-up.