Guangzhou residents seeking medical treatment from Western-styled international hospitals will have another selection to choose from when the Guangzhou United Family Hospital is opened for operation in 2016.

Through its parent company Chindex International, United Family Healthcare will partner with Guangzhou Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine to establish a joint venture company to build and operate this hospital that will provide full services at international standards.

Construction of the hospital will be complete by 2015. The hospital is planned to be the fifth and largest of the United Family Healthcare network that also includes branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Qingdao.

Gong Erzhen, deputy mayor of Guangzhou, said that the hospital will be a point of reference as Guangzhou reforms its healthcare system.

The UFH currently maintains a local presence. The United Family Guangzhou Clinic offers select medical services during regular business hours.

The Guangzhou United Family Hospital will join other local JCI-accredited medical facilities Clifford Hospital and the Guangzhou CanAm International Medical Center.

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