The Chinese National Development and Reform Commission’s delegation visited Semmelweis University on September 20, 2011, as part of a Hungarian study tour on urbanisation. Headed by Mr. Fuqing Hao, division chief of the Department of Social Development, the delegation sought to examine Hungary’s own experience with urbanisation and its policies to deal with the various problems arising from this phenomenon. Mr. Hao related that the question of urbanisation is a rather pressing one for China, where cities are currently undergoing exponential growth as the rural population flocks to urban areas in great numbers, putting strain on the health, education and social sectors.
Vice-Rector Róbert Langer received the Chinese delegation in the company of Dr. István Karádi, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Gusztáv Stubnya, director general of Strategic Development and Management Affairs, Dr. Vilmos Ivády, director general of Finance, Investment and Operation, Zsuzsa Berényi, director of Human Resources, Dr. Kinga Jákó, director of Medical Financing and Quality Assurance and Marcel Pop, director of International Relations. During the one and a half hour-long meeting, the University’s representatives examined the impact of urbanisation on health care from various angles, including health care management, strategic development, human and institutional resources, and economics, touching upon the University’s approach to each of these.
Following the meeting, Dr. György Velkey, president of the Health Policy and Social Committee of the General Assembly of Budapest and Dr. Péter Gaál, Director of the University’s Health Services Management Training Centre provided the delegation with an overview of the strategy issues of the health policy and health care services in Budapest and outlined the Semmelweis Plan for health care reform in Hungary.
Gina Gönczi
