ZHUHAI: Massachusetts General Hospital said it is in early discussions with two partners to build a hospital with 500 to 1,000 beds in China. The hospital said it signed a “framework agreement” with a Chinese hospital that specializes in traditional medicine and a Chinese investment firm, allowing the three parties to exchange financial information and work on developing a definitive agreement to open a facility in an island city close to Hong Kong.
Mass. General executives said the talks were preliminary and a final decision had not been made about whether to participate in the project, but that they hope to do so by next summer.
Harvard Medical School’s-affiliated academic medical center would jointly manage the China hospital, with Mass. General and Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a local healthcare provider. The hospital, which has a working name of MGH Hospital China, would be located in a special economic development zone on the island of Hengqin, part of the city of Zhuhai. The center would provide clinical care and support research and medical training programs…
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