Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University

Where the desk is

Huiqiao Medical Center (惠侨医疗中心)

The Outpatient Department is on the 2nd floor of the new Huiqiao Building (惠侨新大楼, in operation since April 2020, houses outpatient and inpatient departments), main campus, No. 1838 North Guangzhou Avenue

• Outpatient department on the 2nd floor of the new Huiqiao Building; equipped for inpatient and outpatient services including ultrasound, ECG, Holter monitor, TCD, X-ray, CT, MRI and gastrointestinal endoscopy; rehabilitation and nursing care including massage, acupuncture and physical therapy; appointments before arrival by phone or WeChat.²
• Payment: a 130% VIP surcharge is added to all medical services in Huiqiao Medical Center over the rates of the common departments, except for drugs.²
• Huiqiao Medical Center has signed direct billing agreements with more than 20 national and international insurance companies; it provides medical consultation, pre-authorization and collection of claim materials for insurance holders; the insurer list is updated periodically.³
• Founded in October 1979 as the Huiqiao department (惠侨科, known externally as 惠侨楼) of Nanfang Hospital; described as one of the earliest and largest foreign-related special-needs (涉外特需) medical service institutions in China, having treated more than 130,000 patients from 91 countries and regions; renamed 惠侨医疗中心 in March 2015; designated medical provider for more than ten consulates and has cooperation agreements with more than ten international medical insurers.⁴
• New Huiqiao building in operation since April 2020: outpatient part includes 名医门诊, 特需门诊, 国际门诊 and a VIP health-check unit with its own registration/payment area, examination area, imaging centre, endoscopy centre and pharmacy (all examinations except PET-CT); inpatient part has 188 beds in 164 standard rooms, 22 one-bedroom suites and 2 two-bedroom suites, plus 6 operating rooms and 6 ICU rooms; services cover outpatient, inpatient, health check and health management.⁴
• The hospital states it provides care to domestic and overseas patients.⁵
• Guangzhou municipal government notice (2025-01-13) lists this hospital among 16 hospitals that presented their specialties and international medical services at the 2025 Guangzhou international medical services promotion event; the page gives no unit names, addresses, phones or hours.⁶

Addresses and campus phones

How the hospital says to reach it

Routes mentioned: phone, email, WeChat. Numbers and hours are copied as published; where a line has not been tested, the note says so.

• Telephone: +86 20 62787098⁷
• Wechat: HuiqiaoHealthcare⁷
• E-mail: [email protected] (labelled 'Medical contact E-mail' on the English homepage)⁷
• 惠侨医疗中心门诊咨询：020-62787098⁴
• 惠侨医疗中心住院预约：020-61642284⁴
• 南方医院门诊预约总机：020-61641888⁴
• WeChat booking: follow the 南方医科大学南方医院 official WeChat account, then 微就医 > 门诊挂号 > 惠侨门诊⁴

What the hospital states for patients from abroad

• Languages
  Not stated
• Settling with insurers
  Stated by the hospital

  Direct billing agreements with more than 20 national and international insurance companies; pre-authorization and claim-material collection offered; list updated periodically, call to check.³

Not found on the official pages we read, so not recorded: payment options for self-paying patients, remote consultation, medical record review before travel and visa support letters. Absence here means we did not find a statement, not that the hospital does not offer it.

Identity

The hospital's own department list

17 departments, named as the hospital names them.Departments as listed on the hospital's own department navigation; this is not a complete list and does not say which the international service covers.⁰

• Neurology神经内科
• Respiratory Medicine呼吸科
• Nephrology肾内科
• Kidney Transplantation肾移植科
• Vascular Surgery血管外科
• Spine Surgery脊柱骨科
• Joint and Bone Disease Surgery关节与骨病外科
• Orthopaedic Trauma创伤骨科
• Hepatobiliary Surgery肝胆外科
• Neurosurgery神经外科
• Burns烧伤科
• Rehabilitation Medicine康复科
• Stomatology口腔科
• Otorhinolaryngology耳鼻喉科
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology妇产科
• Paediatrics儿科
• Dermatology皮肤科

Grouped on this site under: Neurology, Nephrology and Urology, Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology, Orthopedics, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Rehabilitation, Dentistry and Stomatology, ENT, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Dermatology