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Lifeline Med Center -- Is not a lifeline! Do NOT go there.
Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital 厦门长庚医院--#1 Go HERE first!
Zhongshan Hospital (also has English-speaking doctors)
#1 Hospital PLA Hospital Xiamen Eye Hospital
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Click for Pioneering Doctors on Gulangyu ("Cradle of Tropical Medicine").

150 years ago, locals did not care for foreign doctors. They thought scalpels came in a set, with fork, and foreign doctors ate their Chinese patients. (Well, I like eating Chinese myself, but not Chinese!)
Judging from the centuries of Chinese doctor jokes, Chinese weren't keen on Chinese doctors either. Fortunately, times have changed...

Xiamen has over 1000 medical establishments, including an advanced eye care facility utilizing the latest laser surgery. Zhongshan Hospital, which has a foreign ward with English-speaking doctors and nurses, is so advanced that on Nov. 7, 2002, they performed an artificial heart implant on three year old Zhou Boling (the implant for the poor son of migrants was funded by donations from local citizens). A young friend of ours had open heart surgery in Zhōngshān, and two American friends had laparoscopic surgery to remove their gall bladders (Americans must have a lot of gall).
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Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital--#1! 厦门长庚医院 THE best hospital within 500 miles! Over our 20 years here, the two big problems we have faced have been 1) education (now we have Xiamen International School) and medical--and now we have Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital! This Taiwan-built and run hospital has extremely efficient and professional English-speaking Taiwan doctors. They have been a life-saver (literally) for us several times the past few months. It is in Haicang, so you'll need to take a taxi across the Haicang Suspension Bridge, straight ahead through the tunnel, then straight on for a km. or so. I strongly recommend you go here before anywhere else. Visit their website for more info, but though the hospital has English-speaking personnel and doctors, the website is only in Chinese. Go figure.
Website (Chinese Only): http://www.cgmh.com.cn/
Tel: (0592)620-0123 Health Exam Appointments: (0592) 620-5520
Getting There: Taxi, or Busses:
Haicang Busses: 454C , 450, 451A, 814
Xiamen Island Busses: 804, 89
Jimei Bus: 58
Tong An Busses: 55, 56, 57, 59, 78, 617, 620, 625 (change to 58)
Xinglin Busses (for Xiamen International School): 62, 58,408

Lifeline Medical System Warning! Do NOT depend on this so-called "Lifeline." Ever since longtime resident M. B. opened Lifeline Medical, I have enthusiastically recommended, and promoted it in all of my books and websites. But after today's experience, I am warning people against this so-called "lifeline".

We were happy to see the Lifeline sign said it was "Open," but the doctor and three nurses in a back room giggling and cracking jokes ignored us until one finally came out, asked what we wanted, and told us they were "closed indefinitely for Western medical services!" I asked why the four of them were there, and the sign said "Open," and she said they had to have the sign because they were still legal! So they still pay for an open office and four people, but offer no services? Right.

We went to Zhongshan Hospital instead, where I received fast, efficient care. Don't put false hope in this "Lifeline".

Add: Find it elsewhere if you're really determined to do so.

Zhongshan Hospital (Zhōngshān Yīyuàn 中山医院) Affiliated with Xiàmén University, this is one of Xiàmén’s premier hospitals. A special clinic for foreigners has English speaking nurses and doctors.
Add: #201-206 Húbīn Nán Lù 湖滨南路201之206号 Tel: 2212328
E-mail: admin@xmzsh.com www.xmzsh.com
Buses: 5, 10, 23, 30, 35, 43, 45, 85

Xiàmén #1 Hospital (Xiàménshì Dì Yī Yīyuàn 厦门市第一医院) Add: Zhēnhǎi Lù , #10 Gǔjiē 厦门市镇海路上古街10号 Tel: 2137275 E-mail: yb@xmfh.com.cn www.xmfh.com.cn/default2.asp
Buses: 35, 86, 96, 99, 106, 618, 809. Mini-bus 18A, 18B, 33, 5B
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Xiàmén Chinese Medicine Hospital (Xiàménshì Zhōngyīyuàn 厦门市中医院) Add: #12 Zhēnhǎi Lù 镇海路12号 (Down from Holiday Inn)
Tel: 2665005 FAX: 2022861 E-mail: feedback@xmtcm.com

Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) #174 Hospital (Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Dì Yībǎiqī Yīyuàn 中国人民解放军第一七四医院). An American family that has lived in China for a couple decades and has more children than Yuandang Lake has egrets swears by the PLA hospital—but it’s no surprise the army would have the best. They’re especially adept at dental care. Add: #94-96 Wényuán Lù 文园路94-96号 (just over the small overpass from the Xiàm2n City Hotel). Tel: 6335500 6335600
E-mail: info@xm174.com www.xm174.com

Jiāngtóu Hospital (Jiāngtóu Yīyuàn 江头医院) Tel: 5523303

Xiamen #2 Hospital, Gulangyu Branch (Xiàménshì Dì èr Yīyuàn Gǔlàngyǔ Fènyuàn 厦门市第二医院鼓浪屿分院)
Add: #60 Fújiàn Lù福建路60号　 Tel: 2063549

Xiamen #2 Hospital, Haicang Branch (Xiàménshì Dì èr Yīyuàn Hǎicāng Yīyuàn 厦门市第二医院海沧医院) Add: Hǎicāng Residential District, Hǎiliù Lù 海沧生活海六路　 Tel: 6055830
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Xiamen Eye Hospital (Xiàmén Yǎnkē Zhōngxīn 厦门眼科中心) You won’t find better eye care anywhere—from simple prescription glasses to the latest laser eye surgery. Add: #336 Xiàhé Lù 厦禾路336号
Tel: 2109795 2109793 FAX: 2024325
E-mail: khfw@xiameneye.org.cn www.xiameneye.org.cn

Xiamen University Hospital (厦门大学医院) My last choice—probably quite literally. They’ve been around since 1921, but not everything improves with age (but I’ll tactfully refrain from wining).
Add: #172 University Rd (Dàxué Lù 大学路172号 Tel: 2186203
Buses: 2, 17, 20, 22, 29, 47, 48, 82, 87, 106

Huli Hospital (Húlǐ Yīyuàn 湖里医院) Western and Chinese Medicine.
Add: Huāchāng Lù (near Húlǐ government) 华昌路【湖里区政府附近) Tel: 6038135 Buses: 1, 9, 11, 22, 34, 40, 41, 43, 83, 806

Xianyue Hospital (Xiānyuè Yīyuàn仙岳医院)
Add: #387 Xiānyuè Lù Tel: 5052717 5086654
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Xiamen Women’s Hospital (Xiàménshì Fùyòu Bǎojiànyuàn 厦门市妇幼保健院) Add: #10 Zhēnhǎi Lù 厦门市镇海路10号
Tel: 2662020 E-mail: xmfybj@163.com www.xmfybj.cn/default.asp

Lianhua Hospital (Liánhuā Yīyuàn 厦门莲花医院
Add: #9 Liánhuā Běi Lù 莲花北路9号　 Tel: 5055107 5064076
E-mail: xmlh@xmlh.com www.xmlh.net

Tongji Hospital (Xiàménshì Tóngjí Yīyuàn 厦门市同济医院
Add: Nánqiáo Lane (Nánqiáo Xiàng 厦门市南桥巷)　Tel: 2023327

JIMEI HOSPITALS

Jimei Hospital (Jíměi Yīyuàn 集美医院)
Add: #35 Shàngnán Lù, Jíměi 集美区尚南路35号　 Tel: 6068398

Guankou Hospital, Jíměi (集美区灌口医院)
Add: Shuāngguānyān, Jíměi 集美区双观阉　
Tel: 6094143 6091025

TONG AN HOSPITALS

Tongmin Hospital, Tóng’ān (同安区同民医院)
Add: #10 Mín’ān Lù, Mǎxiàng Zhèn (town), Tóng’ān 同安区马巷镇民安路10号). Tel: 7061415 7063194
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Xiamen #3 Hospital (Xiàmén Dìsān YīYuàn 厦门第三医院)
Add: Tóng’ān District Xiángpíng Blvd. Yáng Dí 2nd Rd #2.
同安区祥平街道阳翟二路2号 Tel: 7022320 7123401
E-mail: dsyy@xmdsyy.com.cn www.xmdsyy.com.cn