Author: Yang Taoyu

Translated by: Cao Mi, Wu Xia

"I am in a completely different mood when I return to Wuhan this time! I met the colleagues in Wuhan once I worked with during the pandemic, and also realized my dream to conduct an operation in Wuhan," said Ge Minghua, the leader of the fifth anti-pandemic medical team from Zhejiang Province and Dean of Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital.

What made this trip more meaningful was that on the morning of April 18, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital at Zhongnan Hospital. On behalf of both parties, Ge Minghua, the Dean of Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital and Wang Xinghuan, the Dean of Zhongnan Hospital signed a cooperation agreement to continue the special friendship formed during the fight against the pandemic.

Dean Ge Minghua said that a deep bond has been forged with Zhongnan Hospital during the pandemic. Zhejiang boasts rich experience in medical management, and also a lot can be learned from Zhongnan Hospital. It is hoped that through the cooperation, the two sides can strengthen exchanges, achieve common progress in every aspect, and contribute to the cooperation of the health care program between the two regions.

Yuan Yufeng, the Dean of Zhongnan Hospital, also stated that Zhongnan Hospital and Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital have forged deep friendship during the pandemic. It is hoped that this cooperation can promote deeper and broader cooperation in the future and benefit more people.

This is indeed a new and exciting collaboration. Based on the principles of mutual exchanges, strong complementarity, friendly cooperation, and mutual benefit, the two parties have established strategic partnerships in the fields of the construction of modern hospital governance mechanism, talents training and team building, the improvement of clinical service, construction of discipline group, and technological innovation, especially in-depth collaboration and joint construction in key disciplines to promote the common development of clinical disciplines of both parties. At the same time, various academic and management conferences will be jointly held to further enhance the technical radiation and brand recognition of both parties in their respective regions.

Besides, Dean Ge Minghua was also hired as a visiting professor at Zhongnan Hospital on this trip and performed the nation's first operation of "endoscopic thyroidectomy using the gasless unilateral axillary approach" for local patients. The superb surgical skills fully demonstrate the admirable personalities of the doctors of Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital and its excellent surgical technique.