How the Shanghai 3A international departments work
A plain-language explainer on China's Class-3A hospital tier and the international patient departments that coordinate spine surgery, cancer screening, and complex care for overseas patients.
Plain-language explainers on how international patients arrange knee replacement, spine surgery, cancer screening and health checkups at Shanghai's Class-3A hospitals — what a coordinator handles, and what stays with the treating physicians. General information only; never medical advice.
A plain-language explainer on China's Class-3A hospital tier and the international patient departments that coordinate spine surgery, cancer screening, and complex care for overseas patients.
How international patients coordinate a planned knee replacement at a Shanghai Class-3A hospital — the records review, the transparent package, and the travel logistics MediBridge handles, with every medical decision left to the treating physicians.
No. MediBridge Limited provides administrative coordination only — resource matching, document translation, appointment scheduling, and travel logistics. We do not provide diagnosis, prescription, or clinical advice. Every medical decision is made independently by licensed physicians at the treating hospital.
We organise the records you already hold for an independent hospital physician review, and — if the hospital confirms you can be evaluated — we build a transparent, itemised package covering appointments, interpretation, visa-support documents, and travel logistics, then support you on the ground and book any follow-up the treating team recommends.
We coordinate with Shanghai's Class-3A (三甲) hospitals — the top tier of China's national hospital-rating system — and their international patient departments, which are set up to receive overseas patients. The hospitals-and-surgeons page lists the networks we work with.
Coordination is offered as fixed-price packages with no markup on the medical fees; the medical cost and timing of any care are quoted per case after the hospital reviews your records. See the pricing page for the package tiers, and request a free assessment for a case-specific estimate.
Send us your records for a free, no-obligation assessment. We coordinate the appointment, translation and travel — your physician decides the care.