The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University International Medical Center operates under a "one hospital, two campuses" layout, covering both the Yuexiu downtown campus and the Nansha campus in the geographic center of the Greater Bay Area. The Yuexiu campus, located in the city center, sets up a dedicated international medical zone with 9 consultation rooms and 10 inpatient beds; the Nansha campus, officially put into use in 2023, runs an independent 33,000-square-meter international medical building with 17 consultation rooms and 150 private inpatient beds, all equipped with south-facing river-view wards and hotel-style supporting facilities. Adopting a "hospital within a hospital" model, the center integrates outpatient consultation, inpatient care, imaging examination, endoscopy center and operating theaters, realizing one-stop closed-loop medical services.
As one of the first-batch international medical service pilot hospitals in Guangdong Province, the center has served more than 7,500 patients from nearly 40 countries and regions since its trial operation, with expatriates, consular staff and patients from Belt and Road countries accounting for a large proportion. It brings together over 900 senior experts from 36 national key clinical specialties of the hospital, supports multilingual medical services, and has established direct billing cooperation with dozens of domestic and international commercial insurance institutions. It is also a designated hospital under the "Hong Kong-Macao Medicine and Device Access" scheme, having introduced 26 types of cutting-edge international medicines and devices, allowing patients to access globally synchronized medical resources without going abroad.
Core Specialty Strengths
Relying on the century-old medical heritage and top disciplinary strength of the hospital, the International Medical Center holds leading advantages in multiple core medical fields in South China. Its gastroenterology department, general surgery department and orthopedics department are all national key disciplines, with outstanding strength in minimally invasive digestive surgery, organ transplantation, joint replacement and spinal surgery. The cardiovascular medicine department, nephrology department and obstetrics and gynecology department also enjoy high regional reputation, receiving a large number of difficult and severe referral cases from South China and Southeast Asian countries every year. In addition, the hospital has rich clinical experience in critical illness rescue and complex multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment, and is recognized as the final diagnosis and treatment institution for difficult and severe diseases in South China.
Featured Service Advantages
The center gives full play to its geographical advantages in the Greater Bay Area and provides distinctive cross-border medical services. Under the "Hong Kong-Macao Medicine and Device Access" policy, patients can use internationally advanced drugs and devices that have not yet been marketed in the mainland, which is especially suitable for patients with special medication needs. For complex cases, it can launch multidisciplinary team consultation, coordinating top experts across departments to formulate systematic treatment plans. It also carries out remote medical cooperation with more than 50 world-class medical institutions including Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of Harvard Medical School, and can connect international expert consultation when necessary. The center implements a dedicated coordinator system, with special personnel accompanying patients throughout the whole process of consultation, examination and hospitalization, effectively eliminating procedural barriers for cross-border medical treatment.
Medical Process for International Patients
