Sihong County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was founded in 1978 and officially opened to the public on 1980. It is a comprehensive secondary hospital with relatively perfect infrastructure and outstanding characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine. It was rated as a civilized unit by the people's governments of cities and counties and as a baby-friendly hospital by the Ministry of Health. It is the designated practice hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the designated hospital of new rural cooperative medical care in Sihong County, and the designated hospital of medical insurance for urban residents in Sihong County.