The first artificial joint replacement under the Chunli Sunshine Program in the South-Central Henan region has been successfully performed.

"Thank you for the Party's policies, thank you to Luohe Orthopaedic Hospital and the Chunli Sunshine Program for helping my wife stand up again..." Amid the sound of gongs and drums, 66-year-old Uncle Wang excitedly presented a plaque inscribed with "Targeted Poverty Alleviation, Boundless Love" to Han Hongjun, Secretary of the Party Committee of Luohe Orthopaedic Hospital (the Second Affiliated Hospital of Luohe Medical College). He expressed his gratitude to the hospital for helping his wife—who had suffered from bilateral knee osteoarthritis for more than 10 years—successfully undergo free bilateral artificial knee joint replacement.

Aunt Liu, 64 years old and the wife of Uncle Wang, suffers from severe osteoarthritis in both knees, accompanied by flexion contracture and varus deformity. She can only walk with the help of crutches or others on a daily basis. Tormented by the pain, she was trapped in agony every day, and the cost of artificial joint treatment made the already impoverished family worse off.When Aunt Liu and her family had lost all hope for recovery from the disease, the "Chunli Sunshine Program" allowed her to undergo free total knee arthroplasty at Luohe Orthopaedic Hospital. This good news rekindled her hope for life.

Since the Chunli Sunshine Program was launched at Luohe Orthopaedic Hospital (the Second Affiliated Hospital of Luohe Medical College) in 2017, a great number of impoverished patients like Aunt Liu have received excellent treatment and regained a new lease on life.

Luohe Orthopaedic Hospital will continue to give full play to its high-quality medical resources and advantages, carry out targeted poverty alleviation in healthcare, assist more impoverished patients, ensure they receive effective treatment, enable those living in difficulties due to osteoarthropathy to see the hope of life again, help them stand up once more, and restart their "journey of health" in life.

Expert Introduction

Department Introduction

Ward 6 (Orthopaedic Joint Department) is a featured department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Luohe Medical College, as well as a provincially key clinical department under cultivation. It is equipped with advanced Smith & Nephew arthroscopic equipment imported from the United States.The department has a team of 6 senior title holders, 10 intermediate title holders and 13 nursing staff, with 38 beds available including VIP wards to meet the needs of different patients.Focusing on the treatment of joint osteopathy and joint sports injuries, the department specializes in arthroscopic surgery and artificial joint replacement for various joint osteopathies and sports-related joint injuries.

The department specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of joint diseases and sports injuries. It excels in the following procedures: arthroscopic treatment of meniscus injuries; arthroscopic treatment of osteoarthritis; total knee arthroplasty; total hip arthroplasty; revision surgery after artificial joint replacement; arthroscopic-assisted high tibial osteotomy for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis; arthroscopic reconstruction of anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments for their injuries; simultaneous arthroscopic reconstruction of anterior/posterior cruciate ligaments and posterolateral complex injuries; arthroscopic reconstruction of the patellofemoral ligament for recurrent patellar dislocation; as well as arthroscopic treatment of frozen shoulder, rotator cuff injuries and shoulder dislocation. It has also accumulated extensive experience in arthroscopic management of elbow, hip and ankle joint disorders. In addition, the department has established a comprehensive and distinctive system for postoperative nursing and rehabilitation training.Chief Physician Li Fubin, the director of the department, received further training at the Joint Disease Research Center of Peking University People's Hospital. He participated in the Artificial Joint Replacement Training Course at Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong in 2009, and the Artificial Joint Replacement Workshop at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan in 2011. Since taking the lead in launching arthroscopic surgery in the southern Henan region in 1998, he has performed over 6,000 arthroscopic surgeries and more than 1,500 artificial joint replacement surgeries to date.

XN Knee Joint (Initial)

Chunli Medical is a listed company on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (Stock Code: 01858.HK). It is also the first enterprise in mainland China to obtain approval for BIOLOX®delta ceramic joints, with a full range of all-ceramic and ceramic-on-polyethylene joint products.