Severance Hospitalis ateaching hospitallocated inSinchon-dong,Seodaemun District,South Korea.It is one of the oldest and biggest university hospitals inSouth Korea.It has 2,437 beds and treats approximately 2,500,000 outpatients and 840,000 inpatients annually.
| Severance Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Yonsei University Health System | |
 Severance Hospital | |
 | |
| 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 | 세브란스 병원 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 세브란스 bệnh viện |
| Revised Romanization | Sebeuranseu byeongwon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sebŭransŭ pyŏngwŏn |
| Yonsei University Medical School | |
| Hangul | 연세대학교 의료원 |
| Hanja | Diên thế đại học giáo y liệu viện |
| Revised Romanization | Yeonsedaehakgyo uiryowon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏnsedaehakkyo ŭiryowŏn |
The hospital was founded as a royal hospital in 1885 byHorace N. Allenwhich was then restructured as Severance Hospital byOliver R. Avison,a Canadian medical missionary with the advisory of Underwood, his role model and financial assistance fromLouis H. Severance.On September 23, 1904, Avison's hospital, Severance Hospital and College, first opened its doors.[1]Since 1957 it has been affiliated withYonsei UniversityCollege of Medicine, and is part of theYonsei University Health System.[2][3]
History
editThis is the oldest Western-style hospital in the country, founded in 1885 as a royal hospital named "Gwanghyewon"(Korean:광혜원;Hanja:Quảng huệ viện) byHorace 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,ofStandard 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 formYonsei University.Murray would later lead Wonju United Christian Hospital which she would merge with Yonsei to form theYonsei 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]
Severance Hospital divisions
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^"Yonsei Medical Journal".Yonsei Medical Journal.doi:10.3349/issn.0513-5796.
- ^연세대학교 의대 세브란스병원 ( diên thế đại học giáo y đại ─ bệnh viện )(in Korean).Empas/Britannica.
- ^연세대학교의료원 ( diên thế đại học giáo y liệu viện )(in Korean).Empas/EncyKorea.
- ^Murray, Florence J. (1999).Return to Korea.Essence Publishing.ISBN9781894169738.
- ^[1],Yonsei University Health System
- ^"세브란스병원 -".sev.iseverance.com.