Located in a place where sailboats navigate and the Han River and the Yangtze River converge, Wuhan No.1 Hospital (Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine) is a modern comprehensive Grade III Level A hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching, and scientific research. It is also an affiliated hospital of traditional Chinese and Western medicine and the Fourth Clinical School of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, as well as a hospital of traditional Chinese and Western medicine affiliated with Hubei University of Chinese Medicine. Recognized as one of the first key integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine hospitals in China, it is also an entity included in the national pilot program of "flagship" hospitals of traditional Chinese and Western medicine. It ranked sixth in the national performance appraisal of tertiary public hospitals in the Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine category. In recent years, the hospital has received many honors such as National Advanced Collective in Fighting Against COVID-19, Provincial/Municipal Advanced Grassroots Party Organization, Provincial/Municipal May Day Labor Award, Provincial/Municipal Civilized Unit, Demonstration Site of the First Batch of Medical Insurance Designated Medical Institutions in Hubei Province, and Elderly-friendly Medical Institution.

Established in 1927, the hospital is one of the earliest public hospitals in Hubei Province. Initially named "Hankou Municipal Hospital," the hospital was renamed "Wuhan No.1 Hospital" in 1949 and designated as "Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine" in 1985. After enduring almost a hundred years of changes, the hospital has established a "1+1+2" spatial layout of one hospital with four campuses, including one main campus on Liji Road, one new branch known as Panlongcheng Branch, and two specialized diagnosis and treatment centers (Panlong Rehabilitation Medicine Center and Hanxi Hemodialysis Center). It covers an area of about 350 mu, with a medical business area of 380,000 square meters. It has a total of 4,260 authorized beds and 3,616 available beds. Annually, the hospital receives over 3.6 million outpatient visits and discharges over 140,000 inpatients.

The hospital has a full range of specialized departments, showcasing a variety of medical capabilities. The hospital follows the development concept of "having brands in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), having distinctive features in Western medicine, and demonstrating the advantages of integrating traditional Chinese and Western medicine." It has 51 clinical and medical technology departments. It has successfully established 2 national regional TCM diagnosis and treatment centers (for skin diseases and spleen and stomach diseases), 4 national key clinical specialties awarded by the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, 7 national advantageous TCM specialties, 9 key specialties designated by the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 40 Hubei provincial key clinical specialties, and 15 Hubei provincial key specialties in TCM (and integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine). The hospital is a prominent institution to which 19 provincial and municipal medical quality control centers are attached. The coverage rate of key specialties in the whole hospital is 100%, forming a key specialty group that ensures a balanced advancement of medical, pharmaceutical, nursing, and technical capabilities, with equal emphasis on traditional Chinese and Western medicine.

Numerous famous doctors gather here for fruitful results. In recent years, the hospital has introduced high-level academician teams consisting of Tong Xiaolin, Liao Wanqing, Dong Jiahong, Wang Longde, and others, implemented the "Three Trees Form a Forest" medical talent training program, and set up a postdoctoral innovation practice base in Hubei Province to provide solid intellectual support for the high-quality development of the hospital. The hospital has more than 3,700 employees, 94% of whom are health professionals and 430 are senior professionals. There are 16 experts who enjoy special allowance from the State Council, 13 instructors for academic experience inheritance of nationally renowned TCM experts, 33 provincial medical leading talents, young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions to provinces and cities, and experts enjoying government allowances, and 15 provincial and municipal TCM masters, famous teachers, and well-known young and middle-aged TCM practitioners, as well as 9 chairman and vice-chairmen of national societies (associations) and hundreds of medical talents at various levels.

The hospital boasts exquisite technology and advanced equipment. The hospital adheres to the development directions of interventional treatment in internal medicine, minimally invasive surgery, sub-specialty development of clinical specialties, brand-building of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine technologies, and multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment integration. It is equipped with large high-precision and cutting-edge medical equipment such as the first superficial X-ray radiotherapy system in central China, the first PicoWay laser treatment device in public hospitals of Hubei Province, the world-leading fourth-generation da Vinci surgical system, linear accelerator, life sensing 3.0T magnetic resonance imaging scanner, 320-slice CT scanner, and two-way C-shaped arm angiography machine. It has a hospital preparation center with a leading scale in central China. The hospital provides distinctive diagnosis and treatment services, such as integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine for difficult skin diseases, vertical treatment chain for stroke and chest pain, CAR-T cell immunotherapy, robotic-assisted surgery, TCM external treatment for spleen and stomach diseases, and the Bobath rehabilitation approach, which are widely recognized and well-received by the public.

Learn from each other during teaching and research, and make concerted efforts for further development. The hospital has 4 national key TCM disciplines and 2 provincial key TCM disciplines. It serves as a national standardized training base for TCM and Western medicine resident physicians, a national clinical pharmacist training base, and a specialist nurse training base in Hubei Province. At present, the hospital has 11 doctoral supervisors and 143 postgraduate supervisors. It boasts 1 National TCM Molecular Biology Level III Laboratory, 5 National TCM Molecular Biology Level II Laboratories, Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Skin Infection and Immunity, and 8 provincial and municipal clinical medical research centers. In recent years, it has undertaken over 1,000 scientific research projects at all levels and in various fields, presided over 67 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and more than 200 provincial scientific research projects, published more than 5,100 papers in Chinese core journals and more than 500 SCI papers, and won 64 provincial and municipal science and technology awards.

Adhering to the Party leadership, the hospital gathers strength with culture. The hospital has always adhered to and strengthened the overall leadership of the Party, followed the public welfare-oriented hospital-running direction, and vigorously promoted the "Tongluo spirit" of "overcoming difficulties, never giving up, being doctors to serve the people, and striving to be the best." It has continued to create the Party building brand and medical service brand of "the warmest hospital in Wuhan", implemented 170 warm service measures around the "four innovations" of concept, technology, service, and management, and actively built a "three-in-one" smart hospital. It has successfully passed the level 5 evaluation of national electronic medical record application level grading evaluation, the level 5-B evaluation of interconnection standardization maturity, and the level 3 evaluation of smart service. The patient-centered concept has taken root in the minds of medical staff, turning into daily actions and exemplifying the medical care and compassion of the medical profession, winning wide acclaim from all walks of society.

To enter a new stage of high-quality development for public hospitals, the hospital will keep in mind its motto of "Integration of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Sincere Efforts for Benefiting Others," remain true to its original aspiration, and forge ahead towards the goal of "reshaping in five years and leaping in ten years to build a national highland for the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine."