In recent years, the hospital has been reorganized and integrated with the First People's Hospital of the city and the seaport hospital under the Port Group, and its comprehensive strength has been significantly enhanced. After more than 70 years of vicissitudes, it has become a national third-class B general hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, prevention, rehabilitation and first aid in the east of Gangcheng, and has become the affiliated hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, the teaching hospital of Bengbu Medical College, the higher vocational and technical school of Chinese medicine in Lianyungang and the teaching base of Yancheng Health College. Dongfang Hospital is the only government-run public hospital in the eastern part of Lianyungang. It consists of hospital headquarters and seaport, covering an area of 100 mu, with a construction area of more than 50,000 square meters and total assets of 350 million yuan. At present, there are 572 open beds, with an annual outpatient volume of 230,000, annual income of1900,000 yuan, 880 employees and senior professional titles of 1655. It has a large number of advanced large-scale medical equipment, such as MRI, DSA, linear accelerator, imported multi-row spiral CT, DR imaging system, Philips heart color ultrasound machine, digital mammography target machine, automatic large-scale biochemical analyzer, imported digital gastrointestinal machine, electronic laparoscopy, arthroscopy, electronic gastroscope and so on. The new ward building under construction has a total investment of 280 million yuan, a construction area of 48,000 square meters and 800 beds. It is expected to be put into use by the end of 20 13, which will provide basic guarantee for the leap-forward development of Dongfang Hospital and the establishment of a national third-class first-class general hospital.