The First Hospital of Jilin University

Overview

Founded in 1949, the First Hospital of Jilin University is a Grade III, Class A general hospital in Changchun, integrating clinical care, teaching, research, prevention and rehabilitation. Its specialist services include neurology, cardiovascular medicine, kidney disease and hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.

Known for

• NeurologyA national key discipline providing specialist clinics for cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, cognitive disorders and neuromuscular disease, with a stroke emergency pathway.
• Cardiovascular medicineSpecialist teams cover coronary disease, arrhythmias, hypertension, heart failure and cardiovascular critical care, with chest pain and cardiac rehabilitation services.
• Kidney diseaseThe department treats primary and secondary kidney disease and acute and chronic renal failure, with kidney biopsy, haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and multidisciplinary follow-up.
• Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeryA national clinical key specialty incorporating liver transplantation and laparoscopic surgical services.
• Emergency careThe hospital combines chest pain, stroke and trauma centres with services for critically ill pregnant women, children and newborns.

Official hospital website

Conditions treated

• Stroke
• Epilepsy
• Parkinson’s disease
• Cognitive disorders
• Peripheral nerve and muscle disorders
• Coronary artery disease
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Hypertension
• Heart failure
• Acute renal failure
• Chronic renal failure
• Glomerular diseases

Departments

Facts & figures

Your visit

What we arrange here

• Appointments with the right department and doctor
• An interpreter with you at every visit
• Translated reports and records to take home
• A hotel near the hospital, and transfers
• Follow-up with the doctor after you go home

Getting there

Changchun is easy to reach by air or high-speed rail. We book your appointment and travel, and can plan the trip together with time in Kunming or Chongqing.