Yonsei University Severance Hospital
| Severance Hospital | |
|---|---|
| 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.
The hospital was founded as a royal hospital in 1885 by Horace N. Allen, an American medical missionary. Since 1957 it has been affiliated with Yonsei University College of Medicine, and is part of the Yonsei University Health System. The system has 7,000 employees, including 2,000 physicians and 5,000 other personnel. A total of 24,000 students have graduated from its medical schools.
This 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 doctor and medical missionary. Both Presbyterian and Methodist medical and educational missionaries from the United States were active in Korea for decades.
This 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. After 1910, when Japan took over rule of Korea, it added new requirements for hospitals and staff which the missionaries in some cases struggled to meet.
In 1947, after the end of World War II and Japanese rule of Korea, the medical school was upgraded to "Severance Medical College". On 5 January 1957, the Severance Medical College was united with Yonhee University under the name of "Yonsei University".
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