Hospital Profile 

Established on December 30th, 1988, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (SAH-SU) is also named the Nuclear Industry General Hospital (NIGH), the Sino-France Friendship hospital. SAH-SU is an “A-Class Tertiary Comprehensive Hospital” committed to delivering clinical care, scientific research,  and  medical education. SAH-SU has National Advanced Stroke Center, National Chest Pain Center, Radiation Medicine  and  Radiation Protection Clinical Center of State Key Laboratory, sub-center of State Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine  and  Innovative Drugs, fourth clinical department of Nuclear Accident Medicine Emergency Response Center of State Commission of Health.

Medical Services

There are four districts in SAH-SU, with a total construction area above 256,000 square meters. By the end of 2023, SAH-SU has over 3,500 employees including 44 Doctoral Supervisor  and  142 Master’s Supervisor, as well as 15 recipients of The State Council Government Special Allowance. There are 53 clinical  and  medical departments in SAH-SU, around 2,050 available beds, one national key clinical specialty construction project, 5 key disciplines  and  16 clinical specialties of Jiangsu province. The hospital took the lead in developing neurosurgery keyhole minimally invasive technology in China;  and  carried out laparoscopic  and  arthroscopic minimally invasive surgery early in China. The hospital has a number of advanced medical equipments, including MDCT, PET-CT, linear accelerator, 3.0T MRI, HYBRID-OR, et al.

Special Medical Technology

The hospital is the medical support base for the development of nuclear industry  and  the technical support sub-center of National Nuclear Emergency Medical Rescue. The hospital is the training base of National Nuclear Emergency Medical Rescue Team  and  the National Nuclear Emergency Medical Rescue. It is also the fourth clinical department of the Nuclear Accident Medical Emergency Response Center of the National Health Commission. The hospital has a national key laboratory of Radiation Protection Clinical Center, International Atomic Energy Agency Radiation Emergency Preparedness  and  Response Capacity Building Center, Nuclide Diagnosis  and  Treatment Center. Emergency Rescue, First Aid  and  Critical Care is the key work of the hospital.

Research & Education

The hospital owns 1 Post-doctoral Research Stations in clinical medicine, 1 Master  and  Doctor degree Station in the first level (Clinical Medicine). The hospital is the national resident standardization training base, also the national drug clinical trial base. The medical laboratory technology major is the provincial first-class undergraduate specialty construction point. In the STEM ranking of Chinese hospitals/Chinese medical schools, a total of 21 disciplines entered the national top 100 in the last three years,  and  4 of them entered the national top 50.

International cooperation

The Public Assistance Hospital of Paris (AP-HP): established the name “Sino-France Friendship Hospital” which has lasted for over 30 years;

CHU de Strasbourg: provides complete training for intensive care unit (ICU);

CHU de Montpellier: established the first lymphoma specialist clinic  and  sleep disorder clinic;

CHU de Grenoble: established the first remote diagnosis center in neuroimaging  and  cooperated to establish “trauma center”;

The Cancer Institute Hospital Of JFCR: signed a memorandum of bilateral cooperation in gastrointestinal cancer surgery since 2018.