Datong Fifth People's Hospital (Datong Central Hospital)

Datong Fifth People's Hospital (Datong Central Hospital) is a Shanxi Provincial Regional Medical Center and a tertiary Grade-A general hospital, founded in 1952. The Yudong New Campus covers 329 mu with a first-phase building area of 188,600 square meters, 1,545 authorized beds (designed for 2,500), 38 international-standard operating rooms, and 32 ICU beds. The hospital employs 1,853 staff members, including 336 with senior professional titles. It has established a strategic partnership with the Massachusetts Medical Group (USA) and is the first medical institution in the Jinbei region to launch air medical rescue services, equipped with a dedicated rescue helicopter. The hospital boasts Shanxi Province's first fourth-generation da Vinci surgical robot, with minimally invasive surgery growing at 30% annually over the past three years. It holds 2 provincial key disciplines, 5 provincial key clinical specialties, 28 municipal key construction disciplines, and 5 academician workstations, serving a population of over 10 million across Shanxi, Hebei, and Inner Mongolia. As the First Affiliated Hospital and First Clinical Medical College of Datong University, the hospital integrates medical care, teaching, and research to provide high-quality healthcare services.