Ruijin Hainan Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (Boao Research Hospital)
上海交通大学医学院附属瑞金医院海南医院（海南博鳌研究型医院）
A public branch of Shanghai Ruijin Hospital inside the Boao Lecheng pilot zone, focused on oncology and hematology, cardio-cerebrovascular and metabolic disease, and neuroscience. It is one of the main sites where patients use drugs and devices approved abroad but not yet in China.
Documented strengths
- Only public medical institution in the Lecheng pilot zone, with 500 approved beds in phase one (Lecheng Central Pharmacy profile)
- Opened for trial operations in December 2021 as a branch of Shanghai Ruijin Hospital (China Daily, 2023)
- An ALS drug approved in the US in April 2023 was introduced at the hospital about six months later under pilot zone rules (State Council Information Office, 2024)
- First prescription in China of tafasitamab with lenalidomide for relapsed or refractory DLBCL under the Lecheng early access program (InnoCare press release, 2022)
- Listed by the Hainan government among hospitals with international clinics for foreign nationals (en.hainan.gov.cn, 2025)
Services for international patients
- International clinic listed by the Hainan provincial government for foreign nationals
- Uses clinically urgent imported drugs and devices approved under the Lecheng pilot zone rules
How international patients access it
The hospital runs a listed international department; contact it directly before traveling, and expect RMB or commercial-insurance billing. The hospital decides each case.
Sources
- Ruijin Hainan Hospital
“It is the only public medical institution in the Lecheng Pilot Zone, with a total of 500 approved beds in the first phase.”
- Hainan's special health zone pulls in more patients
“The first public hospital in the pilot zone, the Ruijin-Hainan Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine opened for trial operations in December, 2021.”
- SCIO press conference on accelerating the development of a free trade port
“Recently, many people may have noticed that a drug for treating ALS, approved for sale in the United States in April last year, was introduced to Ruijin Hainan Hospital in Boao Lecheng just six months later.”
- Intl clinics available to foreign nationals in Hainan
“A total of 31 medical institutions have introduced dedicated international outpatient departments, thereby providing accessible and personalized healthcare.”
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