Shanghai Children's Medical Center (abbreviation: SCMC, Chinese:

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 上海儿童医学中心) is a renowned children's hospital in Shanghai

Shanghai

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, China

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, with the rank of "Grade 3, Class A(Chinese:

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 三级甲等)". It is a university hospital

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 affiliated to School of Medicine

School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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. The hospital is located next to the east part of Renji Hospital

Renji Hospital

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 .

The SCMC program was first designed in 1989 with the cooperation of Shanghai Municipal People's Government and Project HOPE

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. Xinhua Hospital

Xinhua Hospital

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 was in charge of the preparing stage of SCMC. The hospital was founded in 1998. Mrs. Hillary Clinton, former First Lady of the United States

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, and Ms. Zuo Huanchen, former Vice Mayor of Shanghai, attended the opening ceremony.