They have over 8000 private hospitals in China. In Chengdu the Maria Tianfu Womens and Childrens Hospital, the Angel Hospital, and Aurora Dentist are on the list. I can actually attest to the b.s. at Aurora. Had an impacted molar, and they could not get it out, they broke the top half of the molar off, but left the rest in. And, the really annoying part besides the incredible pain I went through, and still have at times, the doc was in a damn rush(even though it took hours) because there were other patients waiting!!! And, no foreign dentists there, even though they told me they had….I remember getting the info from this site and talking to a nice fella that worked there, and put out info on here. I believe u might have gone there charlie as well, dont remember the details now. Was last year. Anyhoo, wifey just told me there are over 50 of these hospitals connected to this group in CD. So what does all that mean? Not sure, and not sure re: Angel. From the reports perhaps some or all of the doctors are of good quality, but what they claim or advertise can be fake… Kinda sounds like International anything with education, eh?
That is shocking to hear. I can clear up a few simple things though:
- Aurora definitely employs American dentists – I interviewed one of them for this website. We talked for an hour about Aurora and dentistry in China as it compares to the U.S. He was very frank, it was a good conversation. I have not published the interview, but I will do that, it may answer some of your questions. This particular dentist spent half of his time in Chengdu at Aurora and the other half at another practice in California.
- Angel promotes one Canadian-trained doctor in particular, I have met him. You can see him on their website and in some of their promotional materials, although I haven’t had a long conversation with him about Angel or his work there, I do have the impression that he works there full-time in a director capacity of some sort. I don’t feel like there are many other expat doctors there (I’m not sure, though).