Emergency General Hospital is a public welfare Category II institution under the Ministry of Emergency Management. Originally established in 1993 as the Coal Hospital, it has evolved into a tertiary general hospital integrating medical care, teaching, research, prevention, and rescue. In 2021 and 2022, it was designated as the National Emergency Medical Research Center, the National Pneumoconiosis Diagnosis and Treatment Center, and the China Red Cross Emergency General Hospital. It is also a designated Class A medical insurance institution in Beijing, a teaching hospital of Peking Union Medical College, an affiliated hospital of North China University of Science and Technology, and a designated hospital for work injury insurance and rehabilitation in Beijing. Additionally, it operates as an internet hospital and was selected as a pilot hospital for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Health Commission's "5G + Healthcare" initiative.
Following the 2018 institutional reform, the Central Government decided to retain the Coal Hospital under the management of the Ministry of Emergency Management and rename it Emergency General Hospital. The hospital maintains its public welfare nature and is committed to safeguarding the health of the people in the capital while undertaking responsibilities for major domestic disaster medical rescue and cross-border medical assistance.
The hospital operates under a "one hospital, two campuses" model, with a total building area of over 51,000 square meters. It has 515 approved beds, 16 administrative departments, 5 technical management departments, and 46 clinical and medical technology departments, with 800 full-time staff under government funding. As of March 31, 2025, the hospital has nearly 1,600 employees, including 1,154 active staff, over 400 retirees, 222 senior experts, and 8 experts receiving special government allowances from the State Council.
The hospital's specialties include emergency and critical care, respiratory intervention, burn and plastic surgery, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, trauma surgery, urological diseases, and the Traditional Chinese Medicine Center. In emergency and critical care, it innovatively applies the "5G + emergency rescue + account model," enabling "treatment first, payment later." In 2024, it received 4,500 ambulance arrivals, making it one of the top hospitals in Beijing for emergency patients. Its emergency medicine department ranked 93rd in the 2023 STEM rankings of Chinese medical schools and hospitals. Its respiratory bronchoscopic intervention techniques are among the nation's leading, performing over 6,800 respiratory intensive care bronchoscopy procedures and related surgeries annually. Its health check-up services rank among the top six in Beijing.
The hospital is equipped with advanced medical devices, including a PET/CT scanner, an SPECT/CT scanner, four robotic systems for orthopedics, neurosurgery, laparoscopy, and bronchial navigation, three digital subtraction angiography machines, four sets of 4K fluorescent laparoscopes and 3D laparoscopes, and mobile rescue medical equipment such as mobile CT, container CT, a hybrid operating room, a health check-up vehicle, and seven specialized emergency rescue vehicles. It also has a modern, fully automated intravenous medication preparation center (PIVAS).
The hospital is committed to building a research-oriented institution and collaborates with institutions like the PLA General Hospital, Tianjin University, and the planned Emergency Management University to establish an integrated innovation platform for industry, academia, research, and medicine. It hosts the Ministry of Emergency Management's Key Laboratory for Medical Rescue Technology and Equipment and leads several provincial-level key research projects. Jointly developed technologies, such as an intelligent triage platform for mass casualties and an integrated intelligent robot for rapid diagnosis and hemostasis, have been successfully applied in rescue operations.
Since 2018, the hospital has established three national rescue teams: the China Rescue Team (Medical Team), the China Red Cross Rescue Corps, and the National Emergency Medical Rescue Team. Under the instruction of the Ministry of Emergency Management, it has participated in multiple domestic and international disaster relief missions, including floods in Mozambique, earthquakes in Turkey and Myanmar, the Zhengzhou floods, and the Yinchuan gas explosion. It has also organized international forums and expos on emergency medical rescue equipment to promote technological development and innovation.
Under the leadership of the Ministry of Emergency Management, the hospital has received numerous honors, including Central Government Agency Civilized Unit, National "March 8th Red Banner" Unit, Capital Health System Civilized Unit, and Beijing Health System Advanced Collective. The staff adheres to the hospital motto of "Compassion, Excellence in Medicine, Dedication, and Innovation," striving to build a nationally leading, industry-renowned emergency-focused modern general hospital to safeguard people's lives and health and advance the modernization of emergency management systems and capabilities.
