Yunnan Cancer Hospital [Photo/ynszlyy.com]
Yunnan Cancer Hospital, also known as the Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University and Yunnan Cancer Center, was built in 1984 and opened to the public in 1992. It is the only 3A-grade cancer hospital in Yunnan province offering medical treatment, teaching, scientific research and disease prevention.
The hospital has a building area of 100,000 square meters and has 1,498 patient beds. It has set up 24 clinical departments and 13 medical laboratories. The department of oncology is a national key clinical specialty and 11 other departments are listed among provincial key specialties, including pathology, breast surgery and medical imaging.
It has 2,043 staff members, with 250 holding middle or senior titles and 15 enjoying national or provincial special allowances.
It owns a range of advanced medical facilities such as TOMO, PET/CT, a full digital high energy linear accelerator, a stereotactic conformal radiotherapy system and a volume-modulated linear accelerator, making the hospital pioneer in cancer treatment and diagnosis in Yunnan province.
Apart from receiving patients from inside the province, the hospital has received patients from nearby provinces and autonomous regions, including Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi and Tibet, along with patients from nearby countries such as Vietnam, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Address: 519 Kunzhou Rd, Xishan district, Kunming, Yunnan province
Official website: http://www.ynszlyy.com/Index.htm (Chinese)
