Borden Memorial Hospital

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Borden Memorial Hospital
博德恩医院
China Inland Mission
Borden Memorial Hospital
Geography
Location Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Coordinates 36°03′44″N103°48′45″E / 36.062124°N 103.812497°E / 36.062124; 103.812497
Organisation
Type Specialist
Religious affiliationChristian
Services
Beds120
Speciality Leprosy
History
Opened1918
Closed1951
Links
Lists Hospitals in China

Borden Memorial Hospital was a hospital in Lanzhou, Gansu, China from 1918 to 1951. It was founded by the China Inland Mission with money donated by the Borden family after the death of William Whiting Borden. Borden had meant to come to China as a missionary, but died in Cairo, Egypt while studying Arabic to prepare himself to serve the Muslims of China. [1] [2] The hospital was handed over to the Chinese government in 1951.

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History

The hospital was completed on 9 April 1918 as the first hospital in Gansu. It was a predecessor to the Second People's Hospital of Lanzhou, which took over the hospital in 1951. [3] In this hospital was an outdoor corridor lined with pictures of Chinese patients helped by all the missionary doctors. The words: "For God so love the World in Chinese still hangs over the corridor." [2] The hospital was handed over to the Chinese government in 1951. [1] [2] In 1970, it became the Lanzhou Infectious Disease Hospital and in 1978 it was renamed the Lanzhou Second People's Hospital. [4]

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