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West China Hospital, Sichuan University
🇨🇳 Chengdu, China. Critical & complex-care hub in western China · 四川大学华西医院
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Class-A tertiary teaching hospital
A public Class-A tertiary (Grade 3A) teaching hospital of Sichuan University, with 4,900 authorized beds, 54 clinical departments and three directly operated Chengdu campuses (Main, Wenjiang and Jinjiang). Checked 15 Oct 2026.
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International Medical Center
Its Special Needs Medical Center runs an International Medical Center, described as the Sichuan provincial government-designated window for foreign-related care, with foreign-language outpatient and inpatient services and cooperation with over 20 insurers and assistance companies. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
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Hosts the National Center for Mental Health
One of China's first National Medical Center creation units; hosts the National Center for Mental Health plus two national regional medical centres. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
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43 National Clinical Key Specialties
Holds 43 National Clinical Key Specialties — a department-level designation distinct from a National Medical Center and, per its official profile, the largest number held by any Chinese hospital. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
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What the records show about West China Hospital, Sichuan University

West China Hospital, Sichuan University, together with the West China School of Medicine, is a large public Class-A tertiary teaching hospital on Chengdu's Huaxi Ba, with 4,900 authorized beds, 54 clinical departments and three directly operated Chengdu campuses (Main Campus at 37 Guoxue Alley, plus Wenjiang and Jinjiang). Its official profile defines it as a national-level centre for diagnosing and treating difficult, critical and severe diseases in western China (official site, checked 15 Oct 2026).

The hospital dates from 1892, when the Renji and Cunren hospitals were founded in Chengdu; the medical school traces to the 1914 medical faculty of West China Union University. After periods as Sichuan Medical College (1953) and West China University of Medical Sciences (1985), the institution took its current name after the 2000 merger into Sichuan University.(derived context)

According to its official profile, West China is one of China's first National Medical Center creation units and hosts the National Center for Mental Health together with two national regional medical centres. Separately, it holds 43 National Clinical Key Specialties — the largest number claimed by any single Chinese hospital — and its English page notes seven consecutive A++ grades in the national tertiary public-hospital performance evaluation.(derived context)

For international patients, the Special Needs Medical Center (established in 2018 on the basis of the earlier Gold-Card International Medical Center) operates the International Medical Center, also known as the International Hospital of Sichuan Province. It offers foreign-language outpatient and inpatient care, international consultation and referral, cashless settlement for contracted insurers and assistance companies, and foreign-currency settlement; the English site lists an International Medical Center appointment line, +86 28 8542 2408.(derived context)

On price transparency, the official website publishes a dedicated medical-service items-and-prices page under information disclosure, and standard care is billed under Sichuan's government medical-service tariff. No fixed all-inclusive international package price is published, so special-needs and international treatment plans should be quoted in writing on a case-by-case basis. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Treatments this hospital is held for: Living-donor liver transplantation, complex cancer care, cardiac intervention, neurosurgery, severe pancreatitis care, minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery, anaesthesiology, nuclear medicine.

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What is West China Hospital?

A large public Grade 3A teaching hospital of Sichuan University in Chengdu, founded in 1892, with 4,900 authorized beds, 54 clinical departments and three Chengdu campuses.

Is there a unit for foreign patients?

Yes. The International Medical Center sits within the Special Needs Medical Center and is the provincial-designated foreign-related care window, with foreign-language services, international referral and insurer cooperation; the official English site lists +86 28 8542 2408.

What is the hospital best known for?

Complex and critical-disease care in western China, the National Center for Mental Health, and 43 National Clinical Key Specialties; leading fields include adult living-donor liver transplantation, lung cancer care, cardiac intervention and functional neurosurgery.

Is a National Medical Center the same as a key specialty?

No. A National Medical Center is a centre-level designation (here the National Center for Mental Health); National Clinical Key Specialties are department-level accreditations (43 at this hospital).

How much does treatment cost?

Standard medical-service items and prices are published on the hospital website under the Sichuan government tariff; international and special-needs care has no published package price and is quoted case by case in writing.