History
The foundation of CRRC was initiated with support of Deng Pufang, the son of Deng Xiaoping, who suffered traumatic spinal injury during the days of Cultural Revolution. Together with a group of physicians and important persons he could promote the concept of rehabilitation which was not established in China yet. They managed to get support from the authorities.
Construction started in 1986 and was finished within 18 months. Opening ceremony took place at Oct., 28 in 1988. CRRC became the very first rehabilitation hospital in PR China. The Center got international attention and received support from Japan, Canada and Germany among others.
The hospital was originally built to serve 600 patients, but these days about 900 patients are treated there. Because of housing in family members as integral part of rehabilitation the hospital is quite crowded. Since 2006 a new and very modern building is under construction. It even contains special facilities for spine surgery and physical therapy.
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