November 28, 2016
Sinophi China Hospitals Limited, the majority owner of HuaiYin Hospital, has commenced work on an extension project to add an additional 500 beds to its existing 1,100 beds. The new wing is planned to hold mostly medical specialties with the surgical beds expanding in the old wing, retaining access to the operating rooms.
The land for the new wing has been acquired from the government and design work is underway.
Architect Rendering of the new 500 bed Extension of HuaiYin Hospital
The acquired land has been cleared and is in preparation for construction to commence in 2017. Further announcements will be made when the full planning and construction permits have been obtained.
It is anticipated that the investment for land acquisition, design, construction and commissioning will be in the region of US$100m, taking the total investment into the Huai Yin Hospital and the extension project to approximately US$230 million.
Additional Architect Rendering of the new 500 bed Extension of HuaiYin Hospital
About Sinophi Healthcare (www.sinophi.com)
Sinophi Healthcare is a UK company investing in and managing hospitals in China, focused on public general and specialty hospitals. Sinophi works in partnership with hospitals in China’s rapidly growing urban areas to deliver improvements in the delivery of healthcare. Sinophi brings to hospitals in China international hospital expertise, links with hospitals in the UK’s National Health Service system and partnerships with leading UK and international healthcare service and product partners
Huai’An City
Huai’An City (population 5.5 million) is located in Jiangsu province (population 80 million, next to Shanghai) in East China. Huai’An City is a famous cultural and trading center on the Grand Canal and is the hometown of former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.
HuaiYin Hospital
HuaiYin District (population around one million) is in the center of Huai’An City. HuaiYin Hospital, the largest district-level hospital in HuaiYin District in Huai’An City in Jiangsu Province. It is the third largest hospital in Huai’An City in terms of bed count.
The Huai Yin Hospital has been recognised as one of the best local level II general hospitals in HuaiAn City. It covers a total of 116,000 square meters and gross floor area of 56,000 square meters with 1,085 beds, 17 functional departments and 24 clinical medical departments. The departments of general surgery and urinary surgery are the two municipal key clinical specialties. The hospital has achieved over a 100% bed utilization rate for the past three years with over 490,000 annual outpatient visits in 2013.
Rapid economic development has contributed to a surge in local medical demand, which underpins HuaiYin Hospital’s important market position in Huai’An City.