Kiang Wu Hospital (KWH; ) is a privately owned hospital located in

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. It is one of the three hospitals in Macau. Founded in 1871, the hospital is run by the

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and offered Chinese medical services. Renowned doctor

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brought Western medicine services to the hospital. The hospital has had four different sites, the last built in 2000. Till 2019 there was no Western-style medical school in Macau, so all indigenous intending doctors have to either qualify overseas, or qualified doctors have to be brought in from outside.

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started a medical school in Macau in September 2019 for its MBBS program. The second batch of students started their classes on 21 September 2020. Clinical training of medical students will start from third year of medical training in the university hospital associated with the university. The medical school has been listed in the world directory of medical schools. Medium of instruction in the medical school is English. Most of the students are from Macau. The duration of MBBS course is 5 years with an additional year for internship. The hospital is not currently engaged in

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, the hospital had over 340 doctors and over 800 nurses. The doctors were trained at universities in Mainland China and Taiwan, with about one-third each graduating from the School of Medicine at

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and the

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. The nurses earned certificates in nursing at schools in Mainland China, at

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(formerly Macao Polytechnic Institute), and at Kiang Wu itself.

Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau

Established in 1923 as Kiang Wu Nursing School by the

and provided nursing staff for Kiang Wu Hospital. It became a degree granting college (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) in 2002.

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Kiang Wu Hospital - in Chinese
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Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau

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