Introduction to Shenzhen Longhua District Central Hospital

Founded in 1952 and located in Longhua District, the geographical center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen Longhua District Central Hospital is a public tertiary Grade A comprehensive hospital integrating medical services, teaching, scientific research, disease prevention and healthcare. It has been successively awarded the national Excellent Hospital for County-level Medical Institution Management Cases, Model Hospital for Improving Medical Services, Guangdong Provincial Health Promotion Model Hospital and Shenzhen Green Hospital. The hospital boasts profound heritage, distinctive culture, a complete range of disciplines, rich teaching experience, sophisticated equipment, a pragmatic and innovative ethos, advanced medical technologies and a pioneering spirit of breakthroughs.

I. Basic Information

The main campus of the hospital covers a land area of 44,000 square meters with a total building area of 155,000 square meters. It has 1,003 authorized beds and 1,000 open beds, serving a population of approximately 1.1 million in the jurisdiction.

It is designated as:

Shenzhen Longhua Central Clinical Medical College of Guangdong Medical University
"2+2" Collaborative Education Teaching Base for Nursing Science of Guangdong Medical University
Teaching and Practice Base of the School of Public Health, Shantou University
Guangdong Provincial Demonstration Base for Joint Postgraduate Training
Joint Postgraduate Training Base of Jinan University
Industry-University-Research Integration Demonstration Base for Brain and Mental Health, South China Normal University
Public Health Talent Training Base of Guangxi Medical University

II. Talent Echelon

The hospital currently has a total of 2,493 employees, including 2,270 health technical personnel, accounting for 91.05% of the total workforce. There are 97 staff with senior professional titles, 315 with associate senior professional titles; 511 with postgraduate degrees, and 2,253 with bachelor's degree or above, accounting for 90.37% of the total staff.

Talent profile:

8 Shenzhen Reserve-level Talents
2 Category C Overseas High-level Talents
1 Category C and 4 Category D Specially Appointed Talents in the Health System
4 Longhua District Leading Talents, 19 Longhua District High-level Talents
4 Category A, 3 Category B and 12 Category C Talents under the Longwu Huazhang Talent Program
4 Specially Appointed Discipline Leaders, 4 Key Backbone Talents, 19 Outstanding Young Talents

Academic appointments:

7 vice chairmen of national medical associations and societies
4 chairmen and 39 vice chairmen of provincial medical associations and societies
6 chairmen and 55 vice chairmen of municipal medical associations and societies
1,140 committee members at all levels; 17 national standing committee members, 85 provincial standing committee members, 164 municipal standing committee members

The gathering of various high-end medical talents has laid a solid foundation for the high-quality development of the hospital.

III. Discipline Development

Guaranteed by medical quality and safety, and led by the development of key disciplines, the hospital has 39 clinical departments, 13 medical technical departments, and 37 community health service centers (stations). It has formed a complete discipline system for tertiary hospitals covering internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology, medical technology and other fields.

Key discipline platforms:

1 district-level brand key discipline of clinical medicine, 6 district-level key disciplines of clinical medicine, 6 district-level construction units for key medical disciplines, 3 district-level key laboratories
1 national model community health service center, 3 provincial model community health service centers

Relying on high-level medical teams, the hospital has gradually improved its discipline system, continuously launched new technologies and projects to fill technical gaps, and steadily enhanced its capacity for treating severe and critical illnesses. Its nephrology discipline has successfully ranked among the top 100 in the National Science and Technology Value Ranking of Chinese Hospitals, and its general practice department was nominated in the South China Regional Specialty Reputation Ranking. The hospital's comprehensive science and technology value ranks 15th among all hospitals in Shenzhen and 2nd among district-affiliated hospitals, with 10 disciplines ranking in the top 10 in the city (burn surgery ranks 2nd in Shenzhen). It has been officially accredited for the standardized Vascular Aging Management Center (VMC) project.

The annual proportion of Grade IV surgeries and minimally invasive surgeries accounts for more than 30% of the total surgical volume. It has been established as a National Stroke Prevention and Treatment Center, National Standard Chest Pain Center, National Standardized Metabolic Disease Management Center, Guangdong Provincial Grade III Trauma Center, and Grade III Stroke Center, with 27 community health service centers passing the acceptance inspection for chest pain treatment units.

In 2024, the hospital recorded a total of over 4.077 million diagnosis and treatment visits, 2,184 Grade IV surgeries, and 48,400 patient discharges. Its diagnosis and treatment volume has been among the top of general hospitals in Shenzhen for consecutive years, and its patient satisfaction rating has consistently ranked in the top 10 in the city.

IV. Scientific Research and Teaching

The hospital is a Guangdong Provincial Postdoctoral Innovation Practice Base and Guangdong Provincial Doctoral Station. It has successfully filed 12 national medical device clinical trial departments and 9 drug clinical trial departments, covering 25 specialties, reaching the average level of tertiary Grade A hospitals nationwide.

Research achievements in the past three years:

213 vertical scientific research projects approved, including 7 national-level projects, 20 provincial and ministerial-level projects, 17 municipal and departmental-level projects, and 169 district-level projects
457 academic papers published, including 248 SCI papers and 75 papers in core journals
39 academic monographs published
160 authorized patents, including 141 utility model patents, 7 invention patents, 10 computer software copyrights, and 2 design patents

The hospital has a central laboratory, which serves as the core experimental base for scientific research and the main research venue for its postdoctoral workstation. Established in 2017, the Central Laboratory of Longhua District Central Hospital has a total usable area of 2,645 square meters and is equipped with over 24 million yuan worth of special scientific research equipment.

V. Medical Equipment

The hospital currently has fixed assets of special medical equipment totaling approximately 1.166 billion yuan, including 201 sets of equipment valued at over 1 million yuan and 10 sets valued at over 10 million yuan.

It is equipped with a full range of advanced diagnosis and treatment equipment, including:

Shenzhen's first ultra-high field United Imaging uMR Jupiter 5.0T MRI System
Philips Ingenia Elition X 3.0T fully digital MRI System
Siemens MAGNETOM Skyra 3.0T latest superconducting MRI System, Siemens MAGNETOM Avanto 1.5T superconducting MRI System
Siemens SOMATOM Force CT, Siemens 128-slice Flash Dual-source CT
GE Discovery NM/CT 670 Pro Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT/CT) System
Philips large flat-panel Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) System
Integrated operating rooms, digital mammography X-ray system, intravascular ultrasound system, multi-wavelength laser therapy system, 3D endoscope system, neonatal digital wide-field fundus imaging system, high-end real-time 4D color Doppler ultrasound diagnostic system, ENT surgical navigation system, automated pharmacy system, and fully automatic biochemical and immunological assembly line

The above equipment can fully meet the hospital's clinical diagnosis and treatment needs.

VI. Community Health Service Development

The hospital currently administers 3 regional community health service centers and 37 community health service centers (stations), with a total business area of 47,000 square meters. All centers are equipped with standardized facilities, and their service volume and family doctor signing rate rank among the top in Shenzhen.

Community health workforce and services:

691 community health technical personnel, including 70 with senior professional titles and 458 with intermediate professional titles
210 family doctor teams established, serving 361,900 signed residents and 68,000 signed households, with a family doctor signing coverage rate of 52.99%
A signing rate of 93.35% for key populations, and a renewal rate of 61.65% for signed residents
1,287 home hospital beds set up, with an average of 6.63 beds per general practitioner

Three regional community health service centers including Guanhu have passed the national "High-quality Service Grassroots Action" evaluation, with a pass rate among the highest in the city. The hospital has formed a "large-medium-small" hierarchical diagnosis and treatment service system, and built a "10-minute medical care circle" for local residents.

Shenzhen Longhua District Central Hospital will continue to uphold the patient-centered service philosophy, continuously improve its medical technology and service quality, and safeguard the health of the public.