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″N126°56′27″E / 37.5624°N 126.9409°E |
Organisation | |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | Yonsei University |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
History | |
Opened | 1885 |
Links | |
Website | yuhs |
Lists | Hospitals in South Korea |
Other links | sev |
Severance Hospital | |
Hangul | 세브란스병원 |
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Hanja | 세브란스病院 |
Revised Romanization | Sebeuranseu byeongwon |
McCune–Reischauer | Sebŭransŭpyŏngwŏn |
Yonsei University Medical School | |
Hangul | |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yeonsedaehakgyo uiryowon |
McCune–Reischauer | Yŏnsedaehakkyo ŭiryowŏn |
Severance Hospital is a teaching hospital located in Sinchon-dong,Seodaemun District,South Korea. It is one of the oldest and biggest university hospitals in South Korea. It has 2,437 beds and treats approximately 2,500,000 outpatients and 840,000 inpatients annually.
The hospital was founded as a royal hospital in 1885 by Horace N. Allen which was then restructured as Severance Hospital by Oliver R. Avison,a Canadian medical missionary with the advisory of Underwood,his role model and financial assistance from Louis H. Severance. On September 23,1904,Avison's hospital,Severance Hospital and College,first opened its doors. [1] Since 1957 it has been affiliated with Yonsei University College of Medicine,and is part of the Yonsei University Health System. [2] [3]
This is the oldest Western-style hospital in the country,founded in 1885 as a royal hospital named " Gwanghyewon " (Korean : 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.[ citation needed ]
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 1954,Florence J. Murray,a Canadian medical missionary became superintendent of Severance. Under her leadership,surgical services expanded and the hospital merged with Chosun Christian Hospital to form Yonsei University. Murray would later lead Wonju United Christian Hospital which she would merge with Yonsei to form the Yonsei University Wonju Campus. [4]
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". [5]
Yonsei University is a Christian private university in Seoul,South Korea. It is part of the SKY universities.
Horace Newton Allen was a missionary,physician,and American ambassador to Korea. Along with Robert Samuel Maclay,Allen was one of the first Western Protestant missionaries in Korea,arriving there on September 15,1884.
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Yeonhui-dong (Korean: 연희동) is a dong (neighbourhood) at the center of Seodaemun-gu in Seoul,South Korea. It is an area in Seoul near Yonsei university,and actually the name Yonsei comes from the combination of Yeonhui and Severance.
Horace Grant Underwood was a Presbyterian missionary,educator,and translator who dedicated his life to developing Christianity in Korea.
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Oliver R. Avison was a Canadian doctor,physician,humanitarian,missionary and professor,who spent over four decades spreading Western medical knowledge in Korea during the Kaehwagi or Enlightenment Period. Avison was recognized for founding and opening the Severance Hospital and the Severance Medical College in Seoul in 1904,two interlinked institutions that sought to treat the sick and expose the Korean natives to the practical teachings of Western medicinal sciences. Through fundraising efforts across North America prior to the opening,Avison received a series of donations from American philanthropist Louis H. Severance,the namesake for the teaching hospital.
Florence Jessie Murray was a Canadian medical doctor,missionary,and professor who worked in Korea for over forty years,notable for her pioneering contributions as a woman in the male-dominated field of medicine,dedication to service during World War II and the Korean War,and innovation in improving medical care in Korea,specifically in treating tuberculosis and leprosy. Her leadership of the Severance hospital contributed to the development of Yonsei University. Additionally,the hospital she founded and led,the Wonju United Christian Hospital became the Yonsei University Mirae Campus. Recognized with several honorary degrees,she permanently returned to Canada in 1969,where she continued to share her passion for service through domestic projects and her memoirs.
Albin Garfield Anderson was an American medical missionary who served as a physician in Korea for 30 years and in Southern Rhodesia for 5 years. He founded the Swedish Methodist Hospital in 1913 in Wonju,Korea which is now the emergency room of Wonju Severance Christian Hospital. Anderson began his missionary work in 1911 serving with the United Methodist Church. During his time in Korea he served as physician,professor,and interim pastor to the people of Wonju and Pyongyang. After Korea was facing pressure from the Japanese empire,Anderson moved his services to Southern Rhodesia where he served as a physician at a community healthcare center and leprosy hospital.
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