Major Shanghai hospitals resume all services

In light of the improving pandemic situation in Shanghai, many major hospitals in the city have resumed all their medical services.

At the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, elective gynecological surgeries were recently resumed.

Hua Keqin, Party secretary of the hospital, said on Saturday that the diagnosis and treatment teams of the gynecology department are now rescheduling patients whose surgery appointments were affected by the lockdown.

A 52-year-old patient with endometrial abnormalities underwent laparoscopic total hysterectomy at the hospital on April 28.

The hospital pointed out that more than 50 patients, including some traveling from regions outside Shanghai, underwent emergency surgeries to remove malignant tumors last month despite the city's lockdown.

Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital and Ruijin Hospital have also reported a rising number of elective surgeries being performed. Zhongshan said it currently performs more than 110 surgeries every day. Meanwhile, Ruijin announced that it had resumed full medical service on April 26, and all its 43 departments have been receiving patients. More expert-level doctors have also returned to work.

Zhao Dandan, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, said at a municipal press briefing on Monday that nearly 70 percent of community health centers in the city are now open five days a week.