Yingshan, Sichuan: Enhancing People's Livelihood and Welfare, Writing a Healthy Answer Sheet

One's health is the foundation of one's existence, and the health of the people is the basis of building a country. In the picture of the progress of the 14th Five Year Plan, Yingshan County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, focuses on people's health and simultaneously makes efforts in three major areas: infrastructure, medical level, and service network, promoting the health industry to enter a new stage of high-quality development, benefiting thousands of households, and injecting solid "health momentum" into the comprehensive development of the county's economy and society.

Strengthening the hardware "three institutes and one center" and strengthening the backbone

Sharp tools make good work. Hardware facilities are a prerequisite for providing high-quality healthcare services. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, Yingshan County will be guided by the needs of the masses, continuously increase investment in the medical and health field, solidly promote the upgrading and replacement of infrastructure, and build a solid fortress to safeguard the health of the people.

As the "leader" of county-level medical care, the leapfrog development of Yingshan County People's Hospital is a benchmark for the construction of Yingshan's health infrastructure. In the new campus of Huaxi Avenue, the modern outpatient medical technology building and inpatient building stand tall; The synchronous promotion of the renovation and upgrading of the Danan Street campus has retained its convenient location advantages, with a focus on developing characteristic specialties and rehabilitation services; The independent and standardized infectious disease hospital area has built a solid public health defense line.

This is not only an expansion of space, but also a comprehensive iteration of functionality, technology, and services, "said Wang Jianxun, Secretary of the Party Committee of Yingshan County People's Hospital. The new hospital area on Huaxi Avenue, the old hospital area on Danan Street, and the infectious disease hospital area have implemented integrated management, homogeneous construction, and a pattern of coordinated and differentiated development among multiple hospital areas, which has enabled the hospital to achieve a qualitative leap in its ability to carry out complex and critical care and diversified health needs for services.

Accompanying it is the "distinctive rise" of Yingshan County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. In October 2025, the medical technology comprehensive building with a construction area of 12000 square meters will be fully completed and put into use, greatly improving the diagnosis and treatment environment and discipline layout. At the same time, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture Square, which integrates cultural display, health education, and leisure experience, has become a new landmark for spreading traditional Chinese medicine culture and serving public health. The new environment enables the modern presentation of traditional Chinese medicine technology, making acupuncture and moxibustion, massage, rehabilitation and other special services more comfortable and efficient.

Previously, the county traditional Chinese medicine hospital was crowded in the old city area, making it difficult to park and receive medical treatment, and the hospital environment was cramped. Now, the new hospital area is large and tidy, making it easier to check in and stay in! "Mr. Li, a patient who had just completed rehabilitation treatment, praised repeatedly.

During the 14th Five Year Plan period, Yingshan County has invested nearly 3 billion yuan to build the "Three Hospitals and One Center" (County People's Hospital, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Maternal and Child Health Hospital, and Disease Control Center). This is not only a physical expansion of the building complex, but also a solid foundation for the upgrading of Yingshan's health service system capacity. Together, they have strengthened the "backbone" of the county's medical and health care, completely rewriting the history of weak medical hardware in the county.

Refining the core and climbing to a new high in medical standards

Hardware is the carrier, capability is the core. While strengthening the medical infrastructure, Yingshan County is also striving to promote the high-level development of medical service capabilities through the dual drive of "external assistance" and "internal refinement".

It is necessary to carefully clarify the examination items, affected areas, and degree of impact, so as to decide whether to notify the patient for a follow-up examination. If the impact is not significant, do not disturb the patient, especially if the patient has lower limb edema. If there is a blood clot, every activity will increase the risk. "In the ultrasound room of the Ultrasound Medicine Department of Yingshan County People's Hospital, Lin Ling, an expert from West China Hospital of Sichuan University, patiently explained while staring at the ultrasound screen images and tapping the key areas marked on the screen with her fingertips. She told us that through on-site observation and operational demonstrations, it can further help inexperienced young doctors improve their ability to distinguish and diagnose complex cases and difficult patients.

Dr. Yin Xianrong from the hospital was deeply impressed by the hands-on and face-to-face guidance of Huaxi teachers, who not only solved specific problems, but also conveyed top-notch diagnostic and treatment thinking and standards. This deep "Huaxi led" model is a key move for Yingshan to improve its medical technology level during the 14th Five Year Plan period.

Over the past five years, experts from West China Hospital of Sichuan University have conducted a total of 12900 guided ward rounds, 712 surgical demonstrations, over 30000 teaching outpatient visits, more than 8000 academic lectures, 323 remote consultations, and over 52000 remote teaching sessions. Under the leadership of a high-level "coaching team", the County People's Hospital has achieved leapfrog development: medical revenue, outpatient and emergency visits, discharge numbers, operating tables, and the volume of fourth level surgeries have significantly increased. It has successfully created 15 municipal level clinical key specialties, national level grassroots chest pain centers, stroke centers, heart failure centers, atrial fibrillation centers, and national level PCCM standardized construction standard units, county level chronic airway disease management centers, county level tumor prevention and treatment center exchange bases, and other "national level" platforms. The oncology department has been rated as A-level in the specialized medical service capability and quality evaluation of a third level hospital in Sichuan Province, achieving a profound transformation from "blood transfusion" to "hematopoiesis".

Western medicine should be strong, while traditional Chinese medicine should be unique. At the Orthopedics Department of the County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, patient Aunt Li is undergoing treatment with fracture manipulation and external fixation with a small splint using traditional Chinese medicine. She praised repeatedly, "No surgery, fast recovery, low cost, the traditional Chinese medicine method is good.

We always adhere to the principle of 'traditional Chinese medicine surnames in the middle', with the proportion of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions remaining stable at over 60% for a long time, and non pharmacological therapies widely used. "Wu Yuanzhi, Secretary of the Party Committee of Yingshan County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, introduced that with distinctive characteristics and solid therapeutic effects, the hospital was successfully established as a national tertiary Grade A traditional Chinese medicine hospital in 2025, and achieved excellent results in the performance evaluation of public hospitals nationwide, realizing the synchronous leap of traditional Chinese medicine service capabilities and brand influence.

The improvement of abilities ultimately translates into the trust of the masses. Compared with 2021, the number of outpatient and emergency treatments, hospitalizations, and total medical revenue in the county will increase by 23.27%, 53.36%, and 34.21% respectively year-on-year in 2025. The hospitalization rate in the county will increase to 89.26%, and the third - and fourth level surgeries will increase by 25.58% year-on-year. Many critical and complex surgeries that used to require external transfer can now be effectively treated in the county, and more and more difficult and severe patients will achieve "no major illness leaving the county".

Connecting veins and weaving dense services to create a "heartwarming network"

Grassroots, especially in rural areas, are areas where health service resources are lacking. Yingshan County takes the construction of a closely knit county-level medical community as the overall focus, continuously strengthens the capacity of grassroots medical services, and strives to build an integrated medical and health service system that is interconnected and operates efficiently.

At the CT room of Shuangliu Central Health Center in Yingshan County, doctors lightly click the mouse and a clear medical image is instantly uploaded to the County People's Hospital through the remote medical information system. In less than half an hour, the professional report from the County People's Hospital has been sent back. This is equivalent to having a county-level expert team behind us at any time, with more accurate diagnosis and more peace of mind for patients! "Said Peng Hai, the director of the hospital, pointing to the transmission records on the screen. With the help of this remote medical information system, medical imaging" grassroots examination and higher-level diagnosis "have been achieved, truly allowing data to run more and the public to run less errands.

In response to the needs of the surrounding population for the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, the hospital has also specially built a standardized gastroscopy room. Experts from the County People's Hospital come to visit regularly every month to provide centralized gastroscopy examination and diagnosis and treatment services for patients who have made appointments. With the increasingly improved medical experience, the radiation range of Shuangliu Center Health Center continues to expand. Not only can the residents of Shuangliu Town take good care of their illnesses at their doorstep, but even the surrounding areas of Yuezhong Township, Xiaoshui Town, Berlin Township, and even the neighboring Dayin Town in Yilong County have come to admire their reputation.

Before, when I was sick, I always wanted to run to the county and take a bumpy bus for two hours. After a whole process of registration, queuing, and reporting, I spent the whole day on it. "Aunt Zhang, a resident of Xiaoshui Town, couldn't help but give a thumbs up when talking about the changes in medical treatment in recent years." Now that the conditions in the town's health center have improved, many common and chronic diseases can be solved at home, which is worry free and effortless

During the 14th Five Year Plan period, Yingshan County achieved regional radiation and driving effects through various means such as the construction of a closely knit county-level medical community, quality control centers, and regional remote centers. Three major centers for remote imaging, electrocardiography, and consultation have been established in the region, with a total of 210000 remote diagnoses completed. This has enabled township health centers to bid farewell to the difficulties of "difficult diagnosis and slow diagnosis" and achieve the goal of "preventing minor illnesses from leaving the township and early detection of major illnesses".

In addition, Yingshan County also provides 12 types of basic public health services free of charge to all permanent residents in the county. Every year, doctors are organized to visit villages and households to conduct physical examinations for the elderly, follow up on chronic diseases, and continue to provide free consultations, medical treatment, and medication delivery services. The management of chronic diseases and knowledge of health preservation are popularized, and the level of health and nutrition among the masses continues to improve.

Five years of hard work and progress, five years of fruitful achievements. Li Jianfeng, Director of the Health Bureau of Yingshan County, stated that standing at a new starting point in the "15th Five Year Plan", the bureau will anchor the goal of "Healthy Yingshan" construction, continue to deepen the reform of the county's closely knit medical community, promote the high-quality development of public hospitals, and promote the coordinated governance of "three doctors", striving to achieve four major goals: upgrading medical service capabilities, continuously deepening the integration of medical and prevention, breakthroughs in the revitalization of traditional Chinese medicine, and improving "one elderly and one small" services.

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Mutual recognition of 222 medical examination and testing results

Let patients save money and worry

Recently, we learned from Yingshan County People's Hospital that the hospital has fully integrated into the mutual recognition system for examination and testing results of medical institutions in the Sichuan Chongqing region, achieving "one report, two places communication" and effectively reducing the burden of medical treatment.

Previously, many people faced the dilemma of having to redo their examinations after changing hospitals, which was both expensive and time-consuming. To address this pain point in people's livelihoods, Yingshan County People's Hospital actively responds to the national and provincial calls, integrates into the mutual recognition system, and under the premise of unified technical standards and quality control, achieves mutual recognition of inspection and testing results with second level and above public medical institutions and medical consortium member units in Sichuan and Chongqing.

This mutual recognition covers a total of 222 projects in two categories, including 141 medical imaging examinations, including common examinations such as chest DR, head and neck CT, spinal MRI, etc; There are 81 clinical tests, covering basic and characteristic tests such as blood cell analysis, liver and kidney function, hepatitis B virus detection, etc. Citizens can quickly identify mutual recognition projects by checking the image film, electronic image, or the "Sichuan Chongqing HR" logo in the upper right corner of the inspection report. The reference time for mutual recognition varies from 3 days to 10 years depending on the project type.

The mutual recognition process is simple and convenient. When citizens seek medical treatment, they only need to actively present recent examination and testing reports issued by other mutually recognized medical institutions. Doctors will professionally judge whether to adopt them based on the patient's condition and the quality of the reports. Those who meet the conditions do not need to undergo repeated examinations. At the same time, the hospital also reminds that if there are 10 situations such as changes in the condition, overdue reporting, or results that do not match the condition, re examination is still necessary to ensure the safety of diagnosis and treatment.

Previously, when changing hospitals for medical treatment, one had to retake a CT scan. Now, with the mutual recognition policy, not only does it save money, but it also reduces the waiting time in line. ”Citizens have repeatedly praised this convenient measure. (Peng Chuanheng)