Shanghai's first day clinic for chemotherapy has been established at Shanghai Chest Hospital, allowing lung cancer patients to receive treatment and return home the same day.

The clinic started trial operation with four beds early this month. Doctors hope to expand it to seven beds within two months, easing a hospital bed shortage that can delay treatment. Dr Lu Shun, director of the hospital's Lung Tumor Clinical Center, said the center could handle the workload of 40 hospital beds.

(Shanghai Daily July 14, 2008)