On April 26th, West China Hospital conducted its first international telemedicine consultation with Siloam Hospitals Lippo Village in Indonesia. The event was attended by Charles Wonsono, the Health Business Director of Siloam Hospitals Group, along with representatives from the management and clinical experts of Siloam Hospitals. From our side, Vice President Wang Kunjie and representatives from various departments were present.

 

During this exchange, a total of 13 experts from 10 departments of both hospitals participated in two online case discussions. For a case involving a patient with heart disease, a multidisciplinary team of eight experts from our hospital's Cardiology, Radiology, Cardiac Surgery, Neurology, Rheumatology and Immunology, and Gastroenterology departments provided comprehensive and professional multidisciplinary consultation opinions after a detailed analysis. For a case in the respiratory field, a multidisciplinary team of nine experts from our hospital's Lung Cancer Center, Radiology, Rheumatology and Immunology, Pathology, Tuberculosis Research Lab, Gastroenterology, and Nuclear Medicine departments offered comprehensive and professional multidisciplinary consultation opinions after thorough discussion. They the confirmed diagnosis of stage IVB pulmonary adenocarcinoma and pulmonary tuberculosis, analyzed the cause of pancreatic swelling, and provided recommendations for additional tests and the next steps in treatment.

 

During the telemedicine consultation, Shixiaolin, the Governor of Sichuan Province, who was visiting the Siloam Group in Indonesia, also joined the connection and highly praised the consultation activity. She hoped that both sides could fully utilize technology-empowered methods such as telemedicine to achieve more fruitful results in future medical cooperation and exchanges.

 

Vice President Wang Kunjie stated that West China Hospital will continue to maintain an open and cooperative attitude, implement the national "Belt and Road" initiative, and with the support of the provincial government, further strengthen comprehensive cooperation with Indonesian and other ASEAN partners in medical care, education, scientific research, and other areas. We are committed to contributing to the construction of the Maritime Silk Road.

 

This consultation marked the first academic exchange between WCH and an Indonesian hospital. Moving forward, we will take this as an opportunity to continuously expand our cooperation with medical institutions in Indonesia and other ASEAN countries, explore more cooperation models, jointly promote the development of regional medical services, and build a closer "Belt and Road" medical cooperation community.