In 1949, there were only
85 medical and health institutions in Ningbo, 15 of
which were hospitals. Hospital beds totaled 556 (of
which 200 were in city proper), averaging 0.21 bed for
every thousand people. Medical personnel totaled 927
people, 595 of which were doctors, averaging 0.37 medical
personnel for every thousand people. The medical institutions,
medical facilities and medical personnel that were available
mainly in downtown areas. The facilities were outdated
and standards of medical care low. The situation was
even worse in rural areas. Since 1949, with investment
from the government, a large number of organizations
specializing in medical care, epidemic prevention, maternity
health and medicine inspection were set up. During the
50 years since, the State government has put in an increasingly
large amount of fund in the field. In 1952, government
appropriations for healthcare of Ningbo was on RMB20,000.
With the development of national economy, the average
annual government appropriations was RMB400,000 in the
fifties (1952-1959), RMB860,000 in the sixties, RMB1,650,000
in the seventies, RMB8,720,000 in the eighties and RMB33,600,000
in the nineties until the appropriations for 1998 alone
reached RMB47,568,200 (Note: above figures refer to
the appropriations for healthcare expended at municipal
level and for the three districts of Haishu, Jiangdong
and Jiangbei ) .
Investment in healthcare from government during the
last 50 years totals RMB978,000,000. In a breakdown,
the amount of investment was RMB25,781,500 during the
27 years (1952-1978), RMB952,000,000 during the 20 years
(1979-1998). As of 1999, the city boasts of 927 various
medical organizations and 13795 hospital beds, averaging
2.56 beds for every thousand people. Professional medical
personnel total 19128, averaging 3.51 persons for every
thousand people. Medical personnel with title of or
above physicians-in-charge totals 3966, making up 21.02%
of total, among which, 83 people are senior physicians,
623 associate senior physicians and 3260 intermediate
senior physicians. A fairly complete medical and healthcare
service system has been basically set up to provide
guarantee for public health.
Ningbo is home to 24,000 professional health technical
staff, and hospitals have 14,600 beds in serve. With
founding of 18 community health serving centers and
48 community health serving stations, a basic community
health serving net has come into being. Blood donated
gratis accounts for 108% of the clinical blood.
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