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The Shekou Union Hospital (Gongye 7th St., Ph. 26692314 - 2kms from SeaWorld) provides good outpatient, inpatient and emergency services care albeit you need to have a Chinese speaker with you. Although the cost of care and accommodation is very low in Chinese hospitals many foreigners elect to go to Hong Kong for inpatient care as English is much more widely spoken and the medical procedures are more of a western nature.
The SOS clinic is normally nearby the Jing Shan apartment complex but is temporarily located near Park N Shop supermarket and QSI school and currently has two international doctors on staff. It provides quality family medical service for outpatients and operates on an annual subscription basis. SOS can provide referral information for inpatient care in Hong Kong and also arrange evacuation there for members. See www.internationalsos.com
Can Am International Medical Center
This medical center opened in Shekou mid August within the Fraser Apartments complex. It is also established in Shanghai and Guangzhou. Drs Brauwers & Fujii are in attendance and a dentist will be there two days per week once the clinic is fully functional. CanAm supplies out patient and day patient services and can provide emergnecy services as well. It has a fully stocked pharmacy onsite. CanAm has direct billing for several major insurance companies including MedExPlan.
0119 Block E, Fraser Place, Shekou Phone: 2688-7106
There is a small off shoot of CanAm Clinic located in the Shangri-La Hotel in Futian for all the foreigners in OCT and Futian areas.
See www.canamhealthcare.com/english/main.asp
Dental
Shenzhen has good dental care and many clinics will have an English speaking dentist. The standards are quite high and relatively cheap compared to western dental costs. Recommended is HuaMei Dental Clinic in Nanshan – it is only 15 mins by taxi from Shekou. See www.huameidental.com
Many countries healthcare coverage does not extend to overseas postings so it is necessary to purchase insurance to get appropriate protection for any medical services required, especially hospitalization in Hong Kong which can become expensive. The policy should provide for out patient, in patient care and medical evacuation. Dental and optical services are not normally covered in basic plans. You may be able to get the right to be treated in your own country under some policies. See www.medexplan.com
There are many pharmacies/drug stores in China providing western style medications. Often these do not require prescriptions but you do need to know what you want as not much English is spoken. Many of the pharmacy chains have a drug “dictionary” so if you have the name of the drug they can look up the Chinese equivalent. It is wise to get assistance from a Chinese friend as there are some small pharmacies who sell a mixture of real and fake medications. It can be safer to get medication in Hong Kong but you may need a prescription from a Hong Kong doctor to do so.
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