Jejungwon (TV series)
| Jejungwon | |
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Promotional poster
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| Also known as | Jejoongwon Jejungwon The Hospital |
| Genre |
Medical drama Period drama |
| Written by | Lee Ki-won |
| Directed by | Hong Chang-wook |
| Starring |
Park Yong-woo Han Hye-jin Yeon Jung-hoon |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Korea |
| Running time | Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Original release | 4 January – 4 May 2010 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Dream |
| Followed by | Giant |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Jejungwon (Hangul: 제중원; Hanja: 濟眾院) is a 2010 South Korean period medical drama television series about the establishment of Jejungwon in 1885, the first modern Western hospital in the Joseon Dynasty. Starring Park Yong-woo, Han Hye-jin and Yeon Jung-hoon, it aired on SBS from January 4 to May 4, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 36 episodes.
Jejungwon (originally known as Gwanghyewon, or "House of Extended Grace"; the name was later changed to Jejungwon and then Severance Hospital) was established in 1885 by Emperor Gojong at the suggestion of one of the newly arrived American medical missionaries, Horace Newton Allen. The first modern Western hospital in Joseon, historical records show that Jejungwon treated sick people regardless of their economic status despite the hierarchical society of the era.
With Allen as its first hospital director, Jejungwon accepted its first batch of 16 students.
Hwang Jung was born to a family of butchers. Considered the lowest social rank in Joseon along with gravediggers and executioners, butchers weren't allowed to have family names, thus Hwang Jung is initially called "Little Dog." Expected to become a butcher like his father before him, the remarkably intelligent and literate Hwang Jung dreams of becoming something more. The death of his mother, who was unable to get treatment because of her low social status, drives him to walk a different path and pursue Western medicine. He becomes first a groundskeeper then a student at Jejungwon, and works his way up to become Joseon's first surgeon and one of the country's premier doctors. He later joins the independence movement, while remaining a humane and caring physician. (Hwang Jung is based on real-life historical figure Park Seo-yang.)
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