Severance Hospital (Yonsei University Medical Center)
| Severance Hospital | |
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| Yonsei University Health System | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Coordinates | 37°33′45″N 126°56′27″E / 37.5624°N 126.9409°ECoordinates: 37°33′45″N 126°56′27″E / 37.5624°N 126.9409°E |
| Organisation | |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Yonsei University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| History | |
| Founded | 1885 |
| Severance Hospital | |
| Hangul | 세브란스 병원 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 세브란스 病院 |
| Revised Romanization | Sebeuranseu byeongwon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sebŭransŭ pyŏngwŏn |
| Yonsei University Medical School | |
| Hangul | 연세대학교 의료원 |
| Hanja | 延世大學校 醫療院 |
| Revised Romanization | Yeonsedaehaggyo uiryowon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏnsetaehakkyo ŭiryowŏn |
The Severance Hospital of the Yonsei University Health System is a hospital located in Sinchon-dong, Seodaemun District, South Korea. It is one of the oldest and biggest university hospitals in South Korea. It has 3,700 beds, approximately 3,000,000 outpatients and 1,000,000 inpatients annually and is affiliated with Yonsei University College of Medicine. The hospital is part of the Yonsei University Health System which has 7,000 employees, including 2,000 physicians and 5,000 other personnel. 24,000 students have graduated from its medical schools.
It is the oldest western-style hospital in the country, founded in 1885 as a royal hospital named "Gwanghyewon" (Hangul: 광혜원; Hanja: 廣惠院) by Horace N. Allen, an American missionary doctor. It was renamed Severance Hospital on 3 September 1904 after a generous American donor, Louis Severance, of Standard Oil. In the same year, the hospital added Severance Hospital Medical School and the attached School of Nursing. The medical school was upgraded to "Severance Medical College" in 1947 and on 5 January 1957, the Severance Medical College was united with Yonhee University under the name of "Yonsei University".
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