shanghai explores international medical tourism pilot program; a two-year-old pakistani girl with a rare disease comes to shanghai for medical treatment; an expert team studies treatment plans
2024-09-01
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in recent years, with the rapid development of domestic medical technology, some foreign patients have also flown to china for medical treatment. last month, anna and her family from pakistan came to the children's hospital affiliated to fudan university in shanghai because of a rare disease.
anna, a 2-year-old pakistani girl, suffers from a rare genetic neurological disease called leukodystrophy. the best treatment for her is hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
at the suggestion of a local doctor in pakistan, anna's mother became pregnant again, hoping to save little anna through umbilical cord blood, but the technology was not available locally. after much searching, she contacted shanghai fudan children's hospital, and after two cross-border online consultations, she decided to come to shanghai for medical treatment.
the expert team in shanghai conducted an amniocentesis test for anna's mother who was 32 weeks pregnant, and the results showed that the match was successful. if everything goes well, the transplant operation will be carried out at the end of september.
in fact, shanghai began exploring international medical tourism several years ago. in september last year, 13 public hospitals including fudan pediatrics, children's center, huashan hospital, and ruijin hospital were identified as the first batch of "international medical tourism pilot units" in shanghai. since the beginning of this year, fudan pediatrics hospital alone has received 1,600 patients from russia, pakistan and other countries.
other pilot units have also successfully treated many foreign children with difficult and complicated diseases. xinhua hospital received an indian teenager who had been refused treatment in many countries and suffered from the rare disease "stiff person syndrome". with the concerted efforts of multiple disciplines, the indian teenager, whose spine was curved by more than 160 degrees and whose upper body was almost "folded", was discharged from the hospital.
this two-year-old child from poland successfully underwent removal of a giant hepatoblastoma at the shanghai children's medical center.
at present, the first batch of 13 public medical institutions in shanghai, led by huashan hospital, have formulated specific rules for "international medical tourism", with clear definitions and standards for service objects, charging methods, etc.
kankan news reporter: zhou wenyun
editor: zhang bo-hong
