Is there TCM service in Guangzhou Ophthalmology Department?
As a big city in China, Guangzhou has advanced medical facilities and services. In the field of ophthalmology, hospitals in Guangzhou provide advanced modern medical technology, but do they also have TCM services? This article will elaborate whether there is TCM service in Guangzhou ophthalmology department from four aspects: service items, hospital facilities, medical team and patient feedback.
1、 Service items
Eye hospitals in Guangzhou usually provide a variety of services, including eye disease diagnosis, surgical treatment, eyeglasses optometry, etc. However, whether to provide TCM services or not requires specific consideration of the situation of each hospital. In Guangzhou, the ophthalmic departments of some large general hospitals usually provide TCM ophthalmic services. TCM ophthalmology mainly focuses on TCM treatment and TCM acupuncture therapy. For example, the Department of Ophthalmology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine has provided TCM ophthalmic services, including TCM treatment projects for glaucoma, cataract and other ophthalmic diseases.
In terms of service items, different hospitals in Guangzhou ophthalmology may have differences, but some hospitals do provide TCM ophthalmology service items, meeting the needs of some patients for TCM treatment of eye diseases.
2、 Hospital facilities
Most of the eye hospitals in Guangzhou are fully equipped with advanced medical facilities. However, in order to provide TCM services, it is necessary to set up a TCM ophthalmology area or TCM consulting room in the hospital. The ophthalmic departments of some large general hospitals usually have corresponding TCM service areas, equipped with TCM consulting rooms, pharmacies and other facilities. For example, the ophthalmic department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine has a special TCM consulting room equipped with a Chinese pharmacy to provide TCM ophthalmic services for patients.
The facilities of eye hospitals determine whether they can provide TCM services, and some eye hospitals in Guangzhou have made corresponding arrangements on facilities to meet the needs of patients for TCM treatment of eye diseases.
3、 Medical team
Ophthalmologists and TCM doctors form the medical team of the eye hospital. In the eye hospitals in Guangzhou, the medical teams of some hospitals include both western ophthalmologists and traditional Chinese physicians. These Chinese medicine practitioners usually have a Chinese medicine education background, specializing in Chinese medicine ophthalmology. They cooperate with western ophthalmologists to provide comprehensive ophthalmic medical services for patients.
The presence of the medical team enables the Guangzhou Eye Hospital to provide TCM services. The professional knowledge and experience of TCM doctors can provide patients with TCM ophthalmic treatment programs, increasing the diversity of treatment.
4、 Patient feedback
The most direct feedback on whether the eye hospitals in Guangzhou provide TCM services comes from patients. Through investigation and evaluation, we can know the degree of recognition of patients for the TCM services in Guangzhou ophthalmology.
According to the feedback of patients, the TCM ophthalmic service of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine was highly evaluated. Patients generally believe that the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine is meticulous and gentle, with good results. Some patients said that they had obtained good results through the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine ophthalmology after they tried western medicine but failed.
In general, although not every hospital provides TCM services in Guangzhou Ophthalmology Department, there are some choices for patients. TCM ophthalmology can provide additional treatment options for the ophthalmic patients in Guangzhou to meet their individual needs.
Summary
Among the ophthalmic hospitals in Guangzhou, some hospitals provide TCM ophthalmic services. These hospitals are fully equipped with TCM consulting rooms and pharmacies, and the medical team includes TCM doctors. The feedback from patients shows that the treatment effect of traditional Chinese medicine ophthalmology is recognized. From these aspects, there are indeed TCM services in the ophthalmology department of Guangzhou. Patients can choose to receive TCM treatment according to their own needs and the actual situation of the hospital.
