Discussion of our hospital's expansion of services offered by the department of anaesthesiology / 中华医院管理杂志

Expansion of services offered by the department of anaesthesiology in a hospital not only satisfies social needs but also conforms to the hospitals need for survival and development. Hence some hospitals have adopted the following methods to expand the services offered by their department of anaesthesiology: ①improvement of the anaesthesiologists skills; and ②delivery of such additional services as painless childbirth, deep vein tube placement, dressing change and pain easing for patients with extensive burn, fast extrication from drugs, painless endoscopy and treatment of pain. With the improvement of the expertise and the service quality of the department of anaesthesiology, sound social and economic benefits have been obtained.