Overview
Founded in 1866, Wuhan Union Hospital is a public general hospital under the National Health Commission and the first clinical college of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. It has four campuses and 50 clinical, medical technology and platform departments.
Known for
- Cardiovascular medicineFounded in 1960, with subspecialties in coronary disease, hypertension, heart failure, arrhythmia, cardiovascular critical care, structural heart disease and metabolic cardiovascular disease.
- HaematologySeven subspecialties cover leukaemia, stem cell transplantation, bleeding and clotting disorders, cell therapy, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and red blood cell disorders; allogeneic transplantation has been offered since 1993, including haploidentical transplants.
- EndocrinologyCare for diabetes, thyroid disease and bone metabolism disorders, with multidisciplinary teams for obesity, osteoporosis, diabetic foot, pituitary disease and thyroid eye disease.
- Cancer centreOncology units for head and neck, thoracic, abdominal, gynaecological, breast and other cancers, with radiotherapy including TomoTherapy and CyberKnife, and multidisciplinary case review.
Conditions treated
- Coronary artery disease
- Hypertension
- Heart failure
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Structural heart disease
- Leukaemia
- Lymphoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Aplastic anaemia
- Venous thrombosis
- Diabetes
- Thyroid disease
- Osteoporosis
- Breast cancer
- Head and neck cancers
Departments
Facts & figures
1866Founded
50Clinical, medical technology and platform departments (Jan 2026)
34National clinical key specialties, incl. projects (Jan 2026)
Your visit
What we arrange here
- Appointments with the right department and doctor
- An interpreter with you at every visit
- Translated reports and records to take home
- A hotel near the hospital, and transfers
- Follow-up with the doctor after you go home
Getting there
Wuhan is easy to reach by air or high-speed rail. We book your appointment and travel, and can plan the trip together with time in Kunming or Chongqing.
