The Women's Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University (

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: 浙江大學醫學院附屬婦產科醫院;

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: 浙江大学医学院附属妇产科医院) is a

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specialized for women in

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Introduction

It is a

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affiliated to the School of Medicine,

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a National university, national public university, public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigiou ...

. Previously, the hospital was known as the Zhejiang Women's Hospital (Traditional Chinese: 浙江省婦女醫院/浙江省婦女保健院; Simplified Chinese: 浙江省妇女医院/浙江省妇女保健院). It was founded in 1951, just after the

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, to fit the local health care demand for women and babies. Currently the hospital has nearly 1000 staff members including about 130 experts and academic faculty. It has about 750 normal beds and about 200 baby beds.

References

External links

Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University - Official website/Homepage
{{coord missing, Zhejiang Hospital buildings completed in 1951 Hospitals under Zhejiang University School of Medicine Women's hospitals Teaching hospitals in China