Ruijin Hospital opens the city's first green channel for firefighters
Ruijin Hospital opened the city’s first medical green channel for firefighters, who can now enjoy preferential treatment in outpatient registration and emergency treatment. Families of firefighters also can enjoy the policy.
Ruijin is the first hospital in Shanghai to offer such preferential treatment for firefighters and their families in an effort to "show respect."
Hospital officials said they receive dozens of firefighters every year with burns, fall and other injuries.
Dr Chen Erzhen, vice president of Ruijin Hospital, said the hospital will include identify information of all firefighters serving in the city into its computer system by the end of this year.
When firefighters come to the hospital, the system can identify them and give them quick access under the green channel system.
All branches of Ruijin will adopt the same policy, the hospital said.