With support from Qidong government and the Children's Hospital of Fudan University, the Qidong Maternity and Childcare Hospital will be developed into a first-class demonstration base for maternal and child healthcare services in Jiangsu province. [Photo/WeChat account: qdrmt0513]

The unveiling ceremony of Qidong branch of the Children's Hospital of Fudan University and Qidong Maternity and Childcare Hospital was held on Oct 18. Representatives from Fudan University, Jiangsu Commission of Health, Nantong Municipal Health Commission and Qidong municipal government attended the ceremony.

Yang Zhongjian, the acting mayor of Qidong, a county-level city administered by Nantong city in East China's Jiangsu province, delivered a speech in which he said that the unveiling of the Qidong branch of the children's hospital marked the official settlement of Shanghai's superior medical resources for women and children in Qidong, giving the city's citizens easy access to high-end and high-quality medical services.

It is not only an important measure for the integrated development of medical science in the Yangtze River Delta region, but also marks a solid step in deepening healthcare reform and a new stage for the development of maternity and childcare in Qidong, Yang added.

Lan Qing, deputy director of Jiangsu health commission, said he hoped that with the  city government's support, the hospital will be built into a model of county-level maternal and child healthcare institutions in the province.

In the future, the Children's Hospital of Fudan University will give full play to its rich management experience, develop into a first-class demonstration base for maternal and child healthcare services in Jiangsu province through sharing its brand, technology and management methods, according to Huang Guoying, dean of the children's hospital.