The new Zhuhai Center for Chronic Disease Control (Zhuhai Third People's Hospital) has taken a step toward reality in Nanping Town of Xiangzhou District. Construction began on June 27, completion is predicted by 2020, and it should open in 2021.

The 1-billion-yuan ($156-million) Grade-III Class-A specialized hospital will replace one that has been weakened due to decentralized services around the city. The new facility is listed as one of this year's top 10 livelihood-improvement projects. It will be dedicated to preventing, treating, and controlling occupational diseases and become the first public psychiatric hospital in Zhuhai.

Located east of Nanqin Road in Guangsheng Village, the center complex enjoys a convenient location. It will be accessible by the Guangzhou-Macao Expressway on its west and Zhuhai Avenue to the north.

Rendering of Zhuhai Center for Chronic Disease Control

The facility will cover 4.3 hectares (10.6 acres) with floorage of 8.83 hectares (21.8 acres), and have 800 beds for mental, chronic, and occupational diseases, responding to a higher morbidity rate.

To be built in the shape of a half-closed courtyard, the buildings will provide a quiet atmosphere for both patients and working staff while offering pleasant sceneries of a mountain park on the north side.

A hundred medical apparatuses and devices, at a cost of 310 million yuan ($48.5 million), will include a 3.0T superconducting magnet for magnetic resonance imaging, according to a project manager. 

Courtyard-shaped medical center complex [Photos courtesy Zhuhai Daily]