Staff members of the Pediatric Outpatient Department of CQHCWC pose for a group photo. [Photo/CQHCWC]

The Pediatric Outpatient Department of Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children (CQHCWC) is located in areas C and D on the first floor of the outpatient department at the Ranjiaba branch, with an annual outpatient volume of about 200,000.

The general pediatric sub-department, specialist outpatient sub-department and nighttime emergency sub-department for children are operated by the department year-round. Its diagnosis and treatment capabilities for asthma and allergies, endocrinology, digestion and nutrition, and pediatric traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are among the best in Chongqing.

A key specialist department for the prevention and control of common children's diseases, the Pediatric Outpatient Department of CQHCWC is well-reputed among parents for its advanced medical technology and equipment and high-quality services.

Diagnosis and treatment services of the department cover a wide range, including common children's diseases such as bronchitis, pneumonia, diarrhea, gastroenteritis, indigestion, fever illnesses, febrile seizure, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, chickenpox and mumps. The department also handles specialized diseases such as asthma, chronic coughing, allergic diseases, urticaria, eczema, growth retardation, neonatal pathological jaundice, neonatal pneumonia, precocious puberty, pubertal developmental variation, growth hormone deficiency, short stature, childhood obesity and autoimmune thyroid disease.

The department is equipped with advanced diagnosis and treatment equipment such as a lung-function tester, high-frequency nebulization and intermediate-frequency pulse electrotherapy machine, mechanical assisted sputum excretion machine, and electrocardiogram  monitor.  

Throughout the year, it offers diagnosis and treatment services such as pulmonary function tests, allergen detection, allergy assessment, desensitization treatment, sex hormone and growth hormone provocation test, mechanically assisted sputum excretion, pediatric TCM massage, and TCM physiotherapy.

Specialties: asthma and allergies, endocrinology, digestion and nutrition, and pediatric TCM

A physician checks a girl at the Pediatric Outpatient Department of CQHCWC. [Photo/CQHCWC]

Professional team:

The Pediatric Outpatient Department of CQHCWC has 48 staff members, including 15 professional clinicians. Among them, six are deputy chief physicians, three are attending physicians, and six are resident physicians. Three of them have doctorates and 10 have master's degrees. The department also has 20 nurses, including three nurses-in-charge and 14 senior nurses. It also has two TCM technicians.

Hours of operation:

Services are offered 24 hours all year round. Tel: 023-60354338

Asthma/allergy outpatient department: 8 am-noon on Monday and Wednesday; 8 am-noon, 2-5:30 pm on Friday

Neonatal outpatient department: 8 am-noon from Monday to Friday

Digestion/nutrition outpatient department: 8 am-noon, 2-5:30 pm on Wednesday and Friday

Endocrinology outpatient department: 8 am-noon, 2-5:30 pm on Tuesday and Saturday

TCM outpatient department: 8 am-noon, 2-5:30 pm from Monday to Friday

TCM massage: 8 am-noon, 2-5:30 pm from Monday to Sunday

Pulmonary function test and allergen detection: 8 am-5 pm from Monday to Friday, 8 am-noon on weekends

Infusion time: 8 am-9 pm from Monday to Sunday (no skin test drugs after 6 pm)