Expert: Integrate medical resources

A child receives treatment at Beijing Children's Hospital in December. "Better integration would increase efficiency and help control medical expenditure, so that people can get quality, safe and sustainable basic health services," said Wang Yixin, a professor of general medicine at Beijing Anzhen Hospital. "Integration would help address the issue in Beijing, home to most of China's top hospitals, of hospitals being overloaded with patients, which puts a great strain on resources and makes it difficult for people to receive medical care," Wang said. Yue Changhai, a member of the China Association of Medical Equipment and the CPPCC Beijing Committee, suggested the city government take measures to guide top hospitals that receive most patients from outside Beijing to establish branches in neighboring areas. Wang said hospitals in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei should make full use of information technology to establish an online medical platform covering the whole region to promote coordinated development of healthcare.