The First Hospital of Jiaxing

The First Hospital of Jiaxing (嘉兴市第一医院), or The First Hospital Affiliated to Jiaxing College, is a general hospital located in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, the People's Republic of China, with the rank of "Grade 3, Class B". The Hospital was founded in 1920.

History
The predecessor of the First Hospital was Shengxin Hospital (圣心医院), a church hospital founded by French Catholic church in 1920. After the formation of PRC, Jiaxing municipal government took over the hospital in September 1951. In September 1952, it merged with Jiaxing Medical Institute, and became Jiaxing Municipal Hospital. It changed the name to the First Hospital of Jiaxing in November 1954. In September 1989, it became a teaching hospital of Zhejiang Medical University. In September 1992, Jiaxing Schistosomiasis Institute and the clinical part of Jiaxing Tuberculosis Institute were merged into the First Hospital. It became the First Hospital affiliated to Jiaxing College in 2001. The hospital is a State-level standardized training bases for resident doctors.

Present
The hospital has 610 standard beds. The actually opening beds are 820. There are over 2000 staff members, among which 167 hold senior titles, and 329 hold junior titles. The hospital is focusing on strengthening its stroke center, chest pain center, trauma center, critical care center and atrial fibrillation center.

Relocation
The hospital moved to a new site in October 2011. The new campus has a land area of 138,750 m2, and a total building area of 185,000 square meters. With the investment of 800 million RMB, the new hospital will have 1,500 beds and is expected to be completed by the end of 2009.