The obstetrics department of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital was established in 1934. After several generations of efforts and accumulation, it makes great achievements in comprehensive strength of collecting medicine, teaching and research, as well as plays a leading role in obstetrics over Guangdong Province and all over the country. Staffs in this department inherit the refined tradition of Sen Yat-san Memorial hospital and make continuous innovations. We have gained many honors and awards during the past ten years. For example, we gained the national certification of prenatal diagnosis In 2008, which was among the first group of qualified hospitals; awarded as the “key clinical department of Guangdong Province” in 2011; joined the "Alliance for the Treatment of Critically Pregnant Women" in 2013; awarded “the National qualitied service units”for maternal and child safety in 2018 and received the "key high-level clinical department in Guangdong Province" in 2019. In the same year, under the leadingship of Academician Meng Anming, we established the "Reproductive Genetics and Medical Research Center", which has improved the basic research level of our department. We also joined “the Alliance for Maternal and Child Health Care and Prenatal Diagnosis” in 2020. To date, the success rate of critical maternal and neonatal rescue is more than 95% .
There are 26 formal employees of perinatal specialists, including 2 senior professor, 5 associate professor, 4 intermediate, and 12 residents; 11 of them had doctoral and 15 had a master's degree.