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[Contents]
Pre-Conference
@ Daegu Dongsan Hospital······································· 2
A Wonju Christian Hospital······································· 7
B Jeonju Jesus Hospital·············································· 9
C Kwangju Christian Hospital·································· 17
Main-Conference
@ Cemetery Tours···················································· 27
A Museum Tours······················································ 30
B Hospital Tours······················································ 41
Pre-Conference
[Tours choice]
@ Daegu Dongsan
Hospital
A Wonju Christian
Hospital
B Jeonju Jesus
Hospital
C Kwangju Christian
Hospital
1. Daegu Dongsan
Hospital
Address : 424, Dongsan-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu
Homepage : http://www.dsmc.or.kr/eng/, http://www.dsmc.or.kr/
Introduce in Western Medicine in
Daegu-Gyeongbuk
Christianity was first introduced in Daegu in
April 1893 when the US Presbyterian missionary William B. Baird (1862-1931),
along with preacher Se Gyeongjo, went on a missionary trip in the northern
Gyeongsangdo and spread gospel. The following year, the missionary team visited
Daegu again and decided it was an important place as a strategic base, before
they opened Nammunan Church (currently Jaeil Church).
Meanwhile, during this period, the American
missionary Dr. Woodbridge O. Johnson (1869 – 1951) was on medical mission under the
title ‘American Pharmacy,’ and in 1899, he
opened ‘Jaejungwon’ inside Jaeil
Church to provide medical service. The pharmacy and Jaejungwon became Keimyung
University DSMC later. Initially founded as Jaejungwon, DSMC marked the
beginning of modern medicine in Daegu as well as social, economic, cultural,
and educational modernization in the region.
The 1st director, Missionary Johnson
Dr. Johnson, the missionary who founded
Jaejungwon, was the first medical missionary dispatched by the US Presbyterian
Church to Daegu, and acquired various Korean names such as Jang Incha, Jang
Euisa, and Jang Orin. From 1989 to 1910, he served as the first director of
Jaejungwon. After receiving his treatment, more and more patients became
Christian: among them were a former Buddhist monk, the first patient who
received eye surgery, and well-known thief. On June 2, 1909, Missionary Johnson
successfully performed Cesarean section and saved the mother and baby. This
incidence quickly made him famous. After his leprosy treatment became widely
known, leprosy patients constantly came to the hospital. Johnson decided to use
one of the hanoks (traditional Korean houses) only for leprosy treatment, as
part of his practice of Christian love.
Between 1908 and 1909, Missionary Johnson
selected 7 young Korean men who were working at Jaejungwon and taught them
medicine, which became an important even in the history of Daegu and modern
medicine in Korea. In addition, the apple tree he ordered from the US and
planted in the backyard of his house in Daegu has left a new tree that is still
preserved in DSMC. This tree, which made Daegu a city of apples, has been
designated as Daegu Nurse Tree no.1.
American Pharmacy and Jaejungwon
Missionary Johnson came to Daegu riding a
pony, on December 25, 1897. Two years later, in 1899, he turned a small cottage
that used to be occupied by servants into what he named ‘American Pharmacy’ and began to
distribute medicine to local people. This was the first modern medical service
provided in Daegu. Subsequently, he ordered medicine from the US and began to
offer treatment full-time, under the name ‘Jaejungwon.’
Jaejungwon was devided into three sections: a
small doctor’s office, large room which was divided into
pharmacy ad operation room, and a warehouse that was smaller than the other
rooms. From the opening until the summer the following year, the hospital
treated 1,700 patients, 800 of which were new patients, 50 surgery recipients,
and 80 house-call patients. Between 1901 and 1902, the total number of patients
reached 2,000. At that time, Korea was in the midst of chaos as its sovereignty
was threatened by the Western Powers and Japanese. The number of patients with
leprosy, pneumonia, malaria, and parasites rose rapidly. And Jaejungwon tried
to share the pain and hardship and grow with Korean people, through leprosy
patient aid program, endemic treatment, smallpox vaccination, and healthcare
awareness campaign.
Dire Environment of Jaejungwon
Jaejungwon, being located inside a 7m
embankment in Eupseong, Daegu, had poor ventilation. And the low, narrow
ceiling meant the indoor temperature rose unbearably high during the summer, to
an extent the doctors were concerned of their own health. Missionary Johnson
said, “It is so small and stifling that, during summer, doctors
have to risk their own health in order to work here.” The missionaries
summarized the hardship at Jaejungwon as ‘3S.’
The first S was smell. In Daegu, the stream
from Apsan Mountain flew into Dalseocheon, which continues to Gyesandong and
Dongsandong, causing flood during the rainy season every year. Garbage moved
from the upstream would overflow in front of the missionary house, producing
such foul smell. The second S was smoke. At that time, Koreans used to burn
wood to cook, so, every morning and evening, the missionary district surrounded
by the local fortress of Daegu was filled with smoke. The third S, sound, was
also challenging for the missionaries, as the dogs barked, women beat the
laundry as a way to straighten the clothes, and, especially, shaman performed
rituals all night long.
Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center
From 1906, Missionary Johnson relocated
Jaejungwon to its current address in Dongsandong. And then, the second director
of the hospital, Missionary Fletcher changed the name to Dongsan Hospital.
Despite the hardship and challenges during Japanese Occupation, Dongsan
Hospital grew to become a general hospital, improving its scientific diagnosis
and treatment methods for the increasing number of patients. In addition to
conducting children’s welfare campaign, the hospital opened a
nurse training program in 1924, which has eventually turned into the current
nursing school at Keimyung University, contributing to nursing education in
South Korea.
Since the Korean War, Dongsan Hospital opened
Korea’s first children’s hospital and
offered free treatment for war orphans, becoming widely known across the
country for prescribing drugs that were hard to find in Korea at that time. The
7th director, Missionary Moffett served for 46 years at the hospital, expanding
the institution as well as introducing modern medical equipment. Indeed, during
the 1960s and 1970s, the hospital saw remarkable improvement in its medical
competence. In 1980, Dongsan Hospital was merged with Keimyung University, a
top Christian educational institution in the region, and opened a medical school,
before changing its name to Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center (DSMC)
in 1982. As a result, it became one of the top medical institutions in South
Korea that offers treatment, mission, and even education and research.
Currently, DSMC is building a new patient-oriented hospital with 20 story and 5
underground floors (with 1,033 beds), modeling after the top 8 hospitals in the
US including Johns Hopkins University Hospital. This new,
environmentally-friendly hospital, which is to be completed by 2018, was
designed based on JCI certificate (for the facility), and state-of-art
intelligent system, as a top medical institution in Daegu, the ‘Medi City.’
2. Wonju Christian
Hospital
Address : 20, Ilsan-ro, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do
Homepage : https://www.ywmc.or.kr/web/eng/, https://www.ywmc.or.kr/
1910 was the 25th anniversary year of the
American Methodist Church's Korean mission. To commemorate this, hospital
establishment in Wonju was promoted. In 1911, A. G. Anderson was dispatched to
Korea as the director of this project. The hospital construction was completed
in November 1913 at the 116 Ilsan-dong, Wonju. It was two-stroy red brick
building with basement and 17 beds. Hospital was built with donations from
Swedish Methodist church members who had immigrated to USA, so it was called ‘The Swedish
Methodist Hospital)’ or ‘Seomigam Hospital’ according to
donators.
As the only general hospital in Yeongseo and
southern regions of Gangwon province, the Seomigam Hospital became a base for
spreading the gospel, though the scale was not large. After Dr. Anderson moved
to Pyongyang Giho Hospital, the hospital was closed temporarily. In 1925, a
missionary S. McManis came in and took the hospital again. The operation of the
hospital was activated by him and Korean medical staffs. The Seomigam Hospital,
which had been operating for about 20 years and served as a mission hospital
for local residents, was closed in 1933 due to circumstance of the United
Methodist Church.
The United Methodist Mission has planned to
build a hospital in Wonju after the liberation.
In 1954, the United Methodist Church sent
Missionary C.W.Judy to Wonju, and he conducted a campaign to reclaim Mission
site at Ilsan-dong. In 1955, Missionary T. R. Larwood was appointed as the head
of hospital construction and management. The hospital construction began in
1957 supported by the United Methodist Relief Committee and the United
Methodist Mission, the United Church of Canada Mission, and the United Nations
Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea, UNCURK Conference.
The building was completed on October 3, 1959 with 50 beds having a basement
and two floors above the ground.
In 1976, the Hospital Foundation merged with
the Yonsei University Foundation.
In 1977, the Wonju Branch of Yonsei
University College of Medicine was promoted to Wonju College of Medicine in
1982. In 1983, it was transformed into the Wonju Christian Hospital of Wonju
College of Medicine, Yonsei University. It is the largest university hospital
in the central region with 1,000 beds. In 2013, the name changed to Wonju
Severance Christian Hospital.
출처 : 한국민족문화대백과(한국학중앙연구원)
3. Jeonju Jesus
Hospital
Address : 365, Seowon-ro, Wansan-gu,
Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do
Homepage : http://www.jesushospital.com/ClinicHome/Index.asp?sClinicIDX=31
The Presbyterian medical center in Jeonju,
Korea, has been fulfilling its role of providing medical care and proclaiming
the gospel for 112 years, beginning from the opening of a dispensary on
November 3, 1898 by Dr. Mattie B. Ingold, a woman physician from Hickory, North
Carolina in the United States of America. After graduating first in her class
at Baltimore Women's Medical College, she prepared herself for a missionary
career and, at age 30, left for Korea on July 18, 1897, traveling to a country
which was in turmoil and had not yet recovered from the scars of the Tong-Hak
Revolution. At her farewell service at the First Presbyterian Church of Rock
Hill, S.C., she said, "I do not fear what may befall me. I am in God's
keeping and nothing can come to me without His permission and whatever his
sends is right and good."
After four months of a long and rough voyage,
she arrived in Jeonju and was assigned by the Presbyterian Mission to live in a
ordinary, small Korean house with mud walls and straw-thatched roof in Eun-Song
Li, outside the Jeonju City castle-gates. After
studying the Korean language for 1 year, she
opened the door of her simple dispensary for treatment of women and children.
This was the modest beginning of the Presbyterian Medical Center on November 3,
1898. In 1902, the first western-style outpatient clinic was built for her by a
fellow-missionary, the Rev. William B. Harrison. In 1903, Dr. Wylie H. Forsythe
was appointed to serve at this dispensary in Jeonju. After his arrival in
Jeonju, his deep and unceasing devotion to the care of the sick, the
underprivileged, and leprosy patients became well known but he had to withdraw
from the field due to injuries by Tong-Hak Revolution. In 1912, the third
hospital director, Dr. Thomas H. Daniel, built a clean, tidy 30-bed hospital
which served well until it was destroyed by fire in 1935 while Dr. Lloyd K. Boggs
was director. The hospital was rebuilt by Dr. Boggs the following year with the
help of many church people in the Jeonju community.
In 1940, the hospital was closed for 8 years
as a consequence of Japanese colonial coercion when authorities compelled all
christians and their institutions to bow at Shinto Shrines. In 1950, the
hospital was closed temporarily due to the Korean War. In spite of the years of
instability, the hospital made every effort to fulfill its role as a witness to
Jesus Christ by practicing christian love in the community and beyond. In 1947,
Dr. Paul S. Crane, the 7th hospital director, returned to Korea where he had
grown up as a boy, and with the concurrence of the Mission, conducted (with
Miss Margaret Pritchard, R.N.) a tour of the five hospitals built by the
Southern Presbyterian Church in Southwest Korea. Dr. Crane and' Miss Pritchard
concluded that the hospital in Jeonju should be developed into a teaching
hospital, and received Mission approval. The doors of the newly named Presbyterian
Medical Center were opened on April 1, 1948.
The Nursing College, under the leadership of
Miss Pritchard, opened its doors on July 1, 1950, only to have to close due to
the outbreak of the Korean War. This made necessary the evacution of the
hospital in advance of the communist forces' invasion, and escaping to Pusan.
Dr. Crane returned after the southern part of the peninsula was liberated, and
became deeply involved in the care of war casualties and orphans. He also
resumed the plans for development of the hospital into a teaching and
educational institution for training doctors and nurses. In 1954, Dr. and Mrs.
David Seel arrived to help, he as a surgeon, and she as a medical technologist.
Ms. Janet Talmage became superintendent of Nurses when Ms. Pritchard became
Dean of the Nursing School. Dr. Frank Keller, a pediatrician, arrivied in 1956,
followed by Miss Ocie Respess, a medical technologist, Ms. Betty Boyer, R.N.,
Ms. Patricia Heilig, R.N., and later Ms. Pat Whitener, R.N., Among our national
staff members, Dr. Andrew Young-Hoon Park was a strong spiritual leader and
also one of the first sabbatical fellows-he trained in America in
neurosurgery-to head a clinical department.
During these pioneer days there occurred a
memorable event when a 9-year-old child was deposited on the hospital doorstep
acutely ill with bowel obstruction due to parasites. A surgical procedure was
performed to remove the parasites, and when the worms were counted it was found
that there were 1,063 roundworms blocking the small intestine. Unfortunately,
due to the child's weakened condition, he did not survive. But under Dr.
Crane's initiative, a nationwide-movement was launched to fight infestation by
intestinal parasites, which campaign is said to have been very effective.
Following the suggestion of a certain
christian elder from Samnae, the name of the hospital was changed to 'Yesu
Pyungwon' . Until then it had used Chinese characters which were pronounced
'Yaso Pyungwon' . The elder recognized the importance of using the common-place
name in accord with Korean christian usage rather than the Chinese character
derivative.
As the hospital program grew and
comprehensive care was provided, specialists were trained not only in the major
specialties of internal medicine, surgery, pediatric and obstetric/gynecology,
but also in subspecialties such as clinical pathology, anatomical pathology,
radiology, urology, and neurosurgery. Dr. See I received training in surgical
oncology in 1958-60 and returned to PMC to launch the Tumor Clinic.
Although the Presbyterian medical center was
the first modern hospital in the province, its site on Taga Hill was
inadequate, providing no room for expansion. Dr. Frank Keller suggested
obtaining a plot of ground which had been used as a primary school by the
Mission, but which had to be closed when the government took over all
elementary education. Dr. Keller, who married Miss Talmage in 1955, died of
cerebrovascular hemorrhage in 1967, and is buried in the Mission Cemetery in
Jeonju. His love for Korean children is yet remembered. A campaign to raise
funds through the Women's Birthday Offering of the Southern Prebyterian Church
was launched. Dr. Crane began negotiations with the Protestant Central Agency
of West Germany for major development funds. After 4 years of discussions and
negotiation with this agency, a grant of 5 million Deutschemark was approved on
October 10, 1969. Prior to this time, Dr. Crane had retired from the
directorship and returned to America. When the news of the German Grant was
received, Dr Seel, now Director said, 'Ring the Chapel Bell!'
Construction of the new hospital (initially 5
floors above ground) was completed in 1971. When people saw this hospital they
called it 'The Miracle of Dragon-Head Ridge' . Additions since the basic
construction include the Medical Library, the Emergency Care Center, the
Maternity Ward and Neonatal Unit, completion of the 6th and 7th floors,
construction of the Rehabilitation Center, and the Intensive Care Unit. In
1968, a comprehensive community health program was launched by Dr. John K.
Wilson, beginning in Tong Sang Township and extended to Soyang and Yongjin
Townships. The program included community development and sanitation, an
antituberculosis campaign, a poliomyelitis prevention project, and adult
medical care of a rural area which had not been cared for by the government
public health program. In 1982, a small branch hospital and a rehabilitation
center in Kosan were built to provide community health to these rural areas. In
1972, Dr. John Shaw, an orthopedic surgeon, and his wife, Sharon, an
occupational therapist, joined the staff, not only to care for children and
adults with orthopedic problems, but also to develop the program of
rehabilitation medicine. This led to the building of the first inpatient
rehabilitation ward in Korea, construction and equipment having been donated by
the Office of American Schools and Hospitals Aboard.
The year 1979 was the turning point for this
hospital which moved forward from being a 'missionary receiving hospital' to a
'missionary sending hospital' to other more needy countries. In 1979, Dr.
Yong-Ung Lee, an internist, was sent to Bangladesh as a medical missionary.
Since then, more than 20 doctors and nurses from this hospital have served or
are still serving overseas in projects in many underprivileged countries,
including providing emergency care facilities for refugees in Rwanda.
The tumor registry program and the tumor
clinic which had been instituted in 1963 became the basis for the plan to
establish the Cancer Center. This long-range plan supported by the
construction, in 1985, of the Christian Medical Research Center where studies
in nuclear medicine now offer new insights into the cause of several major
cancers. In the same year, 1985, the radiation therapy department was
strengthened by the acquisition of a linear accelerator. Plans for the future onclude
construction of a Cancer Center for both ambulatory and inpatient care, where
patients can be evaluated and cared for under multidisciplinary management In
1987, Dr. Young-Tae Chung became the first Korean hospital director. In 1991,
Dr. EulSam Chung was elected the 14th director, who tried to maintain financial
stability. In 1995, Dr. Young-Hee Goh was elected the 15th director.
In 1996, Dr. Young-Tae Chung the 16th. In
April 1998, Dr. Yong-Ung Lee the 17th. In July 2001, Dr. Bong-Ok You the 18th. In
July 2004, Dr Min Chul Kim the 19th. In June 2010, Dr. ChangYoung Kweon has
been elected 21th director, who manage the Presbyterian medical center 112
years old.
Our hospital has continued to offer superior
medical care, at the forefront of the changing times. Our founder, Dr. Matty
Ingold, began this hospital, healing and saving many lives in Korea with her
hand of mercy.
Presbyterian medical center was the first to
distribute basic health care over a century ago, and we have continued to raise
the bar for modern and specialized medical treatment. We have been instrumental
in raising Korea’s standard of life.
Presbyterian medical center’s mission is based
on an ancient love fused with cutting-edge technology. We are up to date with
HIS, PACS, and MIS medical information sharing systems.
Presbyterian medical center constantly
strives to be current with word-class standardization, integration,
modernization, education, and research. Through such efforts, we have
transformed into a real?time digital hospital.
We take pride in our cardiology, transplant,
and experimental track record along with our G.I. diagnostics and our high?pain
management center.
We have made thankful and exhaustive use of
our PET-CT unit, allowing us to make early detection of many cancers and
diseases. Our VMAT accelerator has reduced a great deal of suffering in our
oncology department, allowing highly pinpointed, site?specific radiation
treatment. Our clients have endured much lower side?effects, and much higher
satisfaction.
In 2005, we became the nation’s first general
hospital NGO, geared to overseas medical mission. We founded People for Medical
Cooperation (PMC). PMC leads and encourages changes and upgrades in
mission?medicine around the world, putting flesh on the words, “love thy neighbor.”
Several support organizations help maintain
the christian ministry at the hospital. The Cancer Patient Support Association
is a compassionate ministry which helps patient's families financially,
socially and spiritually. The PMC Mission Society operates with funds
contributed by hospital employees for medical care in doctorless village, and
supports aged people, the unemployed, and patients needing cataract surgery.
Presently, Dr. ChangYoung Kweon, the president of the Presbyterian medical
center, with his strong innovative will in hospital management and the
sacrifical efforts of the entire hospital staff, along with Gods Provisions are
doing their best with a spirit as a debtor to medical and mission service which
has now been entrusted to us by the Lord We, the entire staff of the hospital,
must not forget Dr. Mattie Ingold's "first love" and must renew our
resolution on the interitance and maintenance of this spirit of the
establishment of this medical and evangelical institution and its development
Although presently are faced with various difficulties, we will overcome them
and uplift the glorious reputation of the hospital with scent of mercy and
love.
4. Kwangju
Christian Hospital
Address : 37, Yangnim-ro, Nam-gu, Gwangju
Homepage : http://www.kch.or.kr/eng/ http://www.kch.or.kr/
Tel. 82-62-650-5000
Welcome to the Kwangju Christian Hospital
Kwangju Christian Hospital(KCH) was the
founder of modern medical science in Gwangju city with the establishment of
Jejungwon, Kwangju Clinic in 1905 by missionary Dr. Nolan and has been serving
the national health for the last 101 years as the leading organization among
the medical institutions in South Korea.
The hospital, a 578-bed state-of-the-art care
hospital, provides comprehensive health care services to its local communities
and manages the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Center, Cardio-Vascular Center,
Children Rehabilitation Center, Emergency Care Center, Day Surgery Center,
Health & Wellness Center and Tuberculosis Center. KCH is noted for its
well-developed, extensive set of diagnostic infrastructure that includes the
Order Communication System(OCS), Picture Archiving and Communications System
(PACS), and Clinical Laboratory Automation System. Also, it is one of major
referral and treatment health care facilities for patients throughout the
Gwangju Metropolitan City. With more than 140 physicians, 700 employees and 50
volunteers, the hospital has over 480,000 outpatients visits and 180,000
admissions annually.
Preparing for the second century of its
mission, KCH calls on the belief and enthusiasm of the 840 staff members,
aiming to give as much love in the next 100 years as was received in the last
100 years. Under its new missions, the Hospital established a Hospice Ward to
take care of terminally ill cancer patients.
To practice sharing the love we have
received, all the staff of the Hospital actively participate in a holistic
human touch campaign. Our goal is to become the best hospital of holistic human
touch in South Korea. Also, we are making every effort to help patients to feel
comfortable in the hospital environment by continuously improving our
hospital's facilities and environment.
▶ MISSION and VISION
The Mission of KCH
To become a top-notch Christian Medical
Institution in the world which carries out medical service as well as medical
mission work through life-respecting medical performance with the love of Jesus
Christ.
The Vision of KCH
1. Medical Mission
Work through Life-Respecting Performance
2.
Patient-Centered Holistic Healing
3. Best Hospital
for Patients' Safety
▶ ACHIEVEMENT
History of Achievement
▸ Started a modern
medical treatment as the first Westernized hospital in Gwangju, 1905
▸ Started missions
to people with leprosy, 1909
▸ Began dental
treatment, 1923
▸ Established a
tuberculosis specialty treatment center in 1930
▸ Established a
nursing school, 1932
▸ The pioneer
cytogenetic research in Korea, 1974
▸ The first
experience in Gwangju or Honam area for
Blood Exchange
Transfusion(1968), Total Hip Arthroplasty(1974), Laparoscopic Operation(1975),
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography(1973), Hemodialysis(1983), etc.
▸ Established a
Health & Wellness Center, 1991
▸ Established a
Children Rehabilitation Center, 2006
Good Influences to
Gwangju and Jeonnam
1. Evangelism: Spread the gospel through the
medical mission
2. Examine patients: Changed from shamanism
to modern medical treatment
3. Social Service: Humanistic charitable
service
4. Education: Training people in medicine and
nursing and medical technicians
5. Public Health: Prevention medicine
6. Being the pioneer spirit in the Gwangju
area
▶ HISTORY
1905 Missionary Dr. J.
W. Nolan, the first director, opened Kwangju Jejungwon on November 20.
1908 Missionary Dr. R.
M. Wilson became the second director.
1909 Missions to
people with leprosy were started.
1911 Ellen-Lavine
Graham Hospital was built.
1912 A leper colony
was built.
1923 A dental office
was opened by missionary Dr. J. K. Levie.
1930 Missionary Dr. L.
C. Brand became the third director and devoted himself to the elimination of
tuberculosis.
1933 Ellen-Lavine
Graham Hospital was destroyed by a fire.
1934 A two-story fire
proof building with a central heating system was constructed to continue
mission works.
1940 Missionary Dr. J.
F. Preston, Jr. became the fourth director. In November, Ellen-Lavine Graham
Hospital was closed by the Japanese Empire.
1951 Missionary Dr. H.
A. Codington was appointed as the fifth director in September and reopened the
hospital.
1955 A new
tuberculosis ward was built.
1963 Missionary Dr. D.
H. Neuisma reopened dental office.
1965 Ellen-Lavine
Graham Hospital was accredited as an intern training and general hospital.
1966 Missionary Dr. W.
L. Simpson became the sixth director.
1967 Missionary Dr. R.
B. Dietrick was appointed as the seventh director.
1976 Dr. Chin Duk Huh
became the eighth director. He was the first Korean director.
1988 A Mother-Child
Health Center was built.
1991 The Emergency
Center and Health & Wellness Center were newly built.
1996 Dr. Ki Bok Kim
became the ninth director.
1998 Dr. Ju Sup Park
became the tenth director.
2000 The Order
Communication System(OCS) was developed.
2001 The Operating
Room, Wilson Hall, Intensive Care Unit, Labor Room, NICU, Engine Room, and
Transformer Substation were extended and moved to their present locations.
2002 Dr. Kyung Euy
Song was appointed as the eleventh director.
2003 The Hospice ward
was newly opened.
2004 Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy Center and Micro Reconstructive Surgery Center were newly opened.
2005 Day Surgery
Center was newly opened. The hospital celebrated its Centennial Anniversary
with old missionaries and their families.
2006 Children
Rehabilitation Center was newly opened.
2007 Dr. Byung Ran Park
became the twelfth director.
2015 Lobby floor was
rebuilt and the lobby entrance was built.
2017 The Building in
the West Ward has been enlarged.
Jejung Museum
opened.
2018 Dr. Yong Soo Choi
became the thirteenth director.
▶ Medical
Departments
Cardiology
Endocrinology
& Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Nephrology
Hematology and
Oncology
Pulmonology
Rheumatology
Infectious disease
Tuberculosis
Surgery
Pediatrics
Obstetrics &
Gynecology
Orthopedic Surgery
Otorhinolaryngology
Thoracic Surgery
Neurosurgery
Neurology
Psychiatry
Urology
Dermatology
Ophthalmology
Physical Medicine
& Rehabilitation
Family Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Anesthesiology
& Pain Medicine
Radiology
Laboratory
Medicine
Surgical Pathology
Nuclear Medicine
Dentistry
[Yanghwajin
Foreign Missionary Cemetery(Attend all)]
Address : 144 Hapjeongdong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Homepage : http://www.yanghwajin.net/
Empress
Min(1851-1895) and member of her clan brought down the regency of Daewongun and
made Emperor Gojong(1852-1919) the ruler of Joseon in his own right. Emperor
Gojong abandoned the isolation policy of Joseon and began to build ties with
other countries, During such changes, Protestant missionaries, mostly from
English-speaking countries, started to arrive at Jaemulpo port to deliver the
Gospel to Joseon.
In
1884, Doctor H.N. Allen saved Min, Young Ik, a relative of the royalty, who was
injured during the Gapsinjeungbyun. As a result, foreign missionaries came to
form a close relationship with the royal families, which then led to the
establishment of Gwanghyewon(House of Extended Grace). Gwanghyewon was the
first modern hospital in Korea and the predecessor of Severance Hospital.
During
that time, however, missionaries were not allowed to openly spread the Gospel
due to the Korean government's ban of freign religions. Therefore, missionaries
sought to penetrate Korean society through other initiaives such as medical
practice, education, and social works. Because the missionaries had to rely on
indirect, system-wide initiatives to advance the goals of their mission, rather
than engaging in evangelism that targeted individuals, the development of
Korean Church later came have to have a deep bearing on the history of Korea
In
1887, Dr. J.W. Heron became the superintendent of Gwanghyewon, following Dr.
Allen. While Dr. Heron was taking care of patients suffering from epidemic
dysentery, he himself became infected and passed away on July 26, 1890, at the
age of 34. After his death, searching for a suitable location for his burial
became an urgent issue, because it was impossible to carry Dr. heron's remains
to Jaemulpo(the only site used as foreigners' cemetery) in the hot summer days.
Therefore,
the families of Dr. Heron and foreign missionaries asked for a burial place
near Hansung (the old name of Seoul) through a U.S. Diplomat, Augustine Heard.
A few tyears before the death of Dr. Heron, Joseon had entered into the
Korean-British Treaty of Amity and Commerce under which Joseon Promised to
provide a plot of land for a foreigners' cemetery free-of-charge within the
boundaries of the trade zone. Based on the "Most Favored Nation"
treatment clause under the Korean-American Treaty, Mr. Heard requested a burial
place for Dr. Heron in the vicinity of Hansung. After the exchange of several
urgent letters between Mr. Heard and Mr. Min, Jong-Mook(then Secretary of
Joseon Foreign and Trade Affairs), Yanghwajin was Joseon as the burial ground.
Total Area : 13,224m²
Number
& Nationality of Persons Interred : 417persons/15countries
(AUS,
CAN, DEN, FRA, GBR, GER, ITA, JPN, KOR, NZL, PHI, RSA, RUS, SWE, USA)
Number
& Nationality of Missionaries Interred(including family members) : 145persons/6countries (AUS, CAN, GBR, RSA,
SWE, USA)
First Missionary Interred : J.W. Heron
Managed and maintained : 100th Anniversary Memorial Church
Main-Conference
[Tours choice]
@Cemetery Tours / AMuseum Tours / BHospital Tours
@ Cemetery Tours
1. Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery
Address : 144 Hapjeongdong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Empress
Min(1851-1895) and member of her clan brought down the regency of Daewongun and
made Emperor Gojong(1852-1919) the ruler of Joseon in his own right. Emperor
Gojong abandoned the isolation policy of Joseon and began to build ties with
other countries, During such changes, Protestant missionaries, mostly from
English-speaking countries, started to arrive at Jaemulpo port to deliver the
Gospel to Joseon.
In
1884, Doctor H.N. Allen saved Min, Young Ik, a relative of the royalty, who was
injured during the Gapsinjeungbyun. As a result, foreign missionaries came to
form a close relationship with the royal families, which then led to the
establishment of Gwanghyewon(House of Extended Grace). Gwanghyewon was the
first modern hospital in Korea and the predecessor of Severance Hospital.
During
that time, however, missionaries were not allowed to openly spread the Gospel
due to the Korean government's ban of freign religions. Therefore, missionaries
sought to penetrate Korean society through other initiaives such as medical
practice, education, and social works. Because the missionaries had to rely on
indirect, system-wide initiatives to advance the goals of their mission, rather
than engaging in evangelism that targeted individuals, the development of
Korean Church later came have to have a deep bearing on the history of Korea
In
1887, Dr. J.W. Heron became the superintendent of Gwanghyewon, following Dr.
Allen. While Dr. Heron was taking care of patients suffering from epidemic
dysentery, he himself became infected and passed away on July 26, 1890, at the
age of 34. After his death, searching for a suitable location for his burial
became an urgent issue, because it was impossible to carry Dr. heron's remains
to Jaemulpo(the only site used as foreigners' cemetery) in the hot summer days.
Therefore,
the families of Dr. Heron and foreign missionaries asked for a burial place
near Hansung (the old name of Seoul) through a U.S. Diplomat, Augustine Heard.
A few tyears before the death of Dr. Heron, Joseon had entered into the
Korean-British Treaty of Amity and Commerce under which Joseon Promised to
provide a plot of land for a foreigners' cemetery free-of-charge within the
boundaries of the trade zone. Based on the "Most Favored Nation"
treatment clause under the Korean-American Treaty, Mr. Heard requested a burial
place for Dr. Heron in the vicinity of Hansung. After the exchange of several
urgent letters between Mr. Heard and Mr. Min, Jong-Mook(then Secretary of
Joseon Foreign and Trade Affairs), Yanghwajin was Joseon as the burial ground.
Total Area : 13,224m²
Number & Nationality of Persons Interred :
417persons/15countries
(AUS, CAN, DEN, FRA, GBR, GER, ITA, JPN, KOR, NZL, PHI,
RSA, RUS, SWE, USA)
Number & Nationality of Missionaries
Interred(including family members) : 145persons/6countries (AUS, CAN, GBR, RSA,
SWE, USA)
First Missionary Interred : J.W. Heron
Managed and maintained : 100th Anniversary
Memorial Church
Reference : Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary
Cemetery
A Museum Tours
1. APPENZELLER / Noble Memorial Museum
(Pai chai Hakdang)
Address : 19, Seosomun-ro 11gil, Jung-gu,
Seoul
Pai chai Hakdang, the first modernized
educational institution in Korea, was established by an American missionary.
Henry Gerhart Appenzeller(1858-1902) in 1885. King Gojong issued a state edict
of approbation of this place. naming it 'Pai Chai Hakdang' in 1887.
1. Pai Chai Hakdang Classroom
In the Museum, visitors can experience the
reproduction of a typical school classroom in the 1930's, with the original
stone-chalkboard and the replicas of desks and chairs used at the time. With
visual aid, the public can understand the vision of Appenzeller's all-round
education as well as the global education curriculum of Pai Chai Hakdang, which
was first carried out in this school 120 years ago.
2. Birth of the Pai Chai Hakdang and its
Educational Motto
Exhibition hall is a space where one can face
the first modernized educational institution in korea. Pai Chai Hakdang. There
are the wooden tablet that inscribed the calligraphy of the school name.
"Pai Chai Hakdang" given by King Gojong, the book,
Seoyougyeonmoon("Travel to Western countries") written by Gil-jung
Yoo with his autograph, early textbooks published by the students of Pai Chai
Hakdang Printing Press, history of the first student council Hyupsung Forum and
the description of the way it developed into the League of Independence that
led the nationalist movement.
3. Early Missionaries
In exhibition hall 2, visitors can see the
missionaries who came to Korea from the late 19th toi early 20th century. There
are photographs of missionaries showing their educational and religious
activities mostly in Jeongdong area which was the center of modern age Seoul.
4. Family of William Arthur Noble
William Arthur Noble used to be a teacher at
Pai Chai Hakdang. He moved to Pyeongyang and contributed to the spread of
Christianity in the city. His wife Mattie Wilcox Noble devoted Herself to
women's education and the Sunday school. There are journals. English novels Ewa
and Sunie written by William Arthur Noble, and various pictures of the family's
lives in Pyeongyang.
5. The founder of Pai Chai Hakdang, Henry
Gerhart Appenzeller
In exhibition hall 2-3, visitors can look
through Henry Gerhart Appenzeller'se missionary trips, establishment of Pai
Chai Hakdang on the Christian based ideology and lives of Appenzeller's
children who followed their father's educational and religious conviction. In
particular, Appenzeller's handwritten diary and pictures taken by himself will
give people a glimpse of the way foreign missionaries thought of Korea.
6. Lives of Henry Dodge Appenzeller and Ruth
Nobel Appenzeller
This is an introduction of the lives of Henry
Dodge Appenzeller who came to Korea following his father and became the
Principal of Pai Chai Hakdang, and his wife Ruth Noble Appenzeller. Through
their life story, we can get a glimpse of their love and devotion to Korea. The
desk, chair and typewriter used by Henry Dodge Appenzeller during his years as
the Principal of Pai Chai Hakdang are displayed as well as the piano, passport,
alien residence certificate and driver's license.
2. Henry G. APPENZELLER Memorial Museum
(Chungdong First Methodist Church)
Address : 46, Jeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
Rev. Henry Gerhard Appenzeller (February 6,
1858 – June 11, 1902) was
the first Methodist missionary to Korea. He and the American Presbyterian
missionary Horace Underwood both arrived in Korea in 1885, following soon after
the first Protestant Christian missionary in Korea, Presbyterian Horace N.
Allen, who had arrived in 1884. While Allen worked as a medical missionary,
Appenzeller and Underwood were posted to Korea as teachers. Appenzeller
established a school in 1885 that still exists today, and in 1887 he
established the first Methodist congregation in Korea.
Just as important as establishing the
Methodist Church in Korea, which held a place close to his heart, Appenzeller
felt a commitment to bringing American style democracy and capitalism to Korea.
He believed that Korea needed both Protestantism and modernization, especially
American modernization, to thrive and prosper as an independent nation and
through his considerable efforts in this direction he helped lay the
foundations of modern Korea.
Early Life and Training
Born in 1858 in Souderton, Pennsylvania,
Henry Appenzeller was the second of three sons born to Gideon and Maria Gerhard
Appenzeller. His family attended the Emmanuel Reformed Church and gathered
every week to read the Bible at home. After attending West Chester Normal
School, he graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1882, and then
attended the Drew Theological Seminary. During his college years he transferred
his membership from the Reformed Church to the Methodist Church, and in 1885
was ordained to the ministry and appointed as a Methodist missionary to Korea
in San Francisco. He married in December 1884, and his wife, Ella Dodge
Appenzeller, accompanied him when he sailed for Korea to take up his mission.
Transplanting the Family to Korea
After leaving the U.S. on February 1, 1885,
Henry and Ella Appenzeller arrived at Jemulpo (now Incheon) on April 5, after a
stop in Japan. Deciding that the atmosphere in Korea was not yet settled down
after the coup attempt the previous December, they returned to Japan after five
days, where they stayed until returning permanently to Korea in mid June. After
settling into their mission house in Hanyang (Seoul), Appenzeller began to
travel throughout the country, preparing to teach God's word. His oldest
daughter, Alice, born five months later, was the first American baby born in
Korea. The Appenzellers also had a son and two more daughters in Korea.
Working for Education
Appenzeller with some of his students
As he traveled around Korea, Appenzeller
became concerned about the lack of educational opportunities for women and
commoners in the country, where only the sons of the upper classes had access
to a good education. With free (compulsory) education available to all children
and college education open to women in his homeland since the mid-nineteenth
century, Appenzeller wanted to make the same opportunities available to the
people of his new homeland.
Appenzeller opened the first western-style
school in the country in 1885, beginning by teaching English, and in 1886, King
Gojong endorsed its official name, Pai Chai Hak Dang (Hall for the Rearing of
Useful Men) and also provided an official plaque confirming the school's royal
accreditation. The Methodist Missionary Board financed construction of a strong
new brick building to house the school in 1887, built only one story high, in
order to adhere to the royal court's decree that any buildings constructed nearby
the palace should not be higher than the palace. In 1895 Pai Chai added
additional departments, moving a step closer to today's Paichai University.
Foundations of the Methodist Church in Korea
Chongdong Methodist Church in Seoul,
established by Henry G. Appenzeller
The Pennsylvania native baptized his first
Korean convert on Easter Sunday in 1887, and by Christmas had gathered the
first Methodist congregation in Korea, which developed into the Bethel Church
and later the Chongdong First Methodist Church. He made many tours throughout
the country, traveling on foot, by bicycle, and on horseback, speaking about
the Gospel of Jesus. He studied the Korean language five hours a day so that he
could preach in Korean, and in order to participate in the translation of the
Bible into Korean with other missionaries.
Discovering that virtually all of the local
literature was written not in Korean, but in Chinese, which meant that most of
the population could not read it, he opened a bookstore in 1894, which later expanded
to become Methodist Printing and Publishing House, in order to provide reading
materials printed in Korean and English, both to teach the gospels and to
expand literacy among the common people. The publishing house also revived a
monthly magazine originally published by Rev. F. Ohlinger, Korea Repository, to
teach Americans about Korea and its people.
Social Ministry
A glimpse of Korea during the time
Appenzeller served there
As a Progressive, Appenzeller was concerned
by many aspects of late Joseon Korean society. Unaware of how to cure people
with cholera, they often left people outside to die. Appenzeller and his
colleagues, even with minor medical training, saved many lives in the cholera
epidemic of 1895.
Realizing that the Korean people neglected to
use their well-crafted writing system, hangeul, since the upper classes wrote
in Chinese, and many in the lower classes could not read, Appenzeller became
impassioned with providing a well-translated hangeul version of the Bible to
the Korean people. He set about creating schools to help many people learn to
read hangeul, and he worked hard at learning Korea and translating the Bible.
The Bible was the best piece of literature available to many of his students,
and they read it in earnest.
Korean Independence Movement
Independence Gate in Seoul
Appenzeller firmly believed that God had
called him, and other American missionaries, to remake Korea in America's
image. He strove not only to plant Christianity, and especially Methodism, in
Korea, but also to establish the American institutions of democracy and
capitalism. He supported and encouraged the adoption of new technology from
America, including street cars, automobiles, electricity, lighting, and late nineteenth
century agricultural techniques. His school, Pai Chai Hak Dong, became a center
for the Progressive Movement in Korea, educating future president Syngman Rhee
and working with Progressive leaders Philip Jaisohn and Yun Chi-ho. Appenzeller
walked a delicate line between fully supporting Emperor Gojong and Empress
Myeongseong while fully supporting the Progressive agenda promoting democracy.
Death in Maritime Accident
In 1902, at the age of 44, Appenzeller was
traveling on the Kumagawa, a ship of the Osaka Navigation Company, to the
southern port city, Mokpo, to attend a meeting of the Bible Translation
Committee. As they traveled through the night, another ship from the same
company, the Kisogawa strayed into the path of the Kumagawa and the two ships
collided. Most of the passengers on the Kumagawa, including Appenzeller, were
drowned. He was later buried at the Yanhwajin Foreigners' Cemetery, the grave
site of 40 missionaries sent by the United Methodist Church and its predecessor
denominations in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Legacy
The Korean Methodist Church, which got its
start with Henry Appenzeller and the missionaries who followed him, has
dramatically developed as one of major Protestant denominations in Korea. By
2000, the denomination had more than five thousand churches, 1.3 million
members and seven thousand ministers. Korea has six universities established
under the Methodist model, including Paichai, as well as Methodist Theological
Seminary in Seoul. It also had six theological institutes and 54 junior high
and high schools. As a staunch supporter of Korean independence, democracy, and
education, Appenzeller has been honored posthumously with the Presidential
Medal of Honor. Thanks to the efforts Appenzeller and the nineteenth century
missionaries to establish schools in Korea, the country has achieved a literacy
rate of almost 98 percent.
Two of Appenzeller's children, his oldest
daughter Alice Rebecca Appenzeller and his son Henry Dodge Appenzeller, also
offered many years of their lives in the service of Korea, Alice as the
president of Ewha Womans University, Korea's first college for women, and Henry
at the Paichai School his father had started.
출처 : New World
Encyclopedia
3. Ewha Museum
Address : 140, Bugahyeon-ro, Seodaemun-gu,
Seoul
The first girls' school in Korea began with a
single pupil. The young woman, who came from a household of Kim. came to the
school in may of 1886 with hopes of becoming an English translator for Empress
Myeongseong and was taught at the home of founder and head of school. Mary F.
Scranton.
The second student was a girl known as
"Byeol-dan". Her impoverished mother brought her to Principal
Scranton when circumstances made it too difficult to raise the girl. however,
the mother returned for her daughter after only a few months, afraid Mrs.
Scranton would try to take the girl overseas. Principal Scranton assured the
mother that she would never take Byeoldan out of the country, writing a letter
attesting to the fact. With principal Scranton's reassurance. Byeol-dan stayed
on at Ewha hakdang and became the institution's first permanent student.
The next permanent student was named Kkon-nim
and came to the school when she was only four years old. In the summer of 1886.
cholera ran rampant throughout Seoul. The disease devastated the population,
and as the season progressed, the bodies of victims piled up outside the castle
walls. D. William Scranton, the son of Principal Scranton, found Kkon-nim
abandoned and wandering the neighborhood of Seodaemun alone, and brought the
child to the school to be cared for.
The fourth student was Kim Jeom-dong. or
Esther Park, who later became Korea's first female physician. on the strength
of her studies at Ewha hakdang. Dr. Park went to the United States to study
medicine, and later returned to Korea to become the first practicing female
doctor of Western medicine.
In November of 1886, the first school
building for Ewha Hakdang was constructed where Ewha Girls' High School stands
today. This 200-pyeong building housed classrooms accomodating 35 students, the
principal's office, a teachers' office, and a dormitory. In 1887, Emperor
Gojong bestowed on the school the name of Ewha hakdang, and recognized it as
the first female educational institution in Korea.
B Hospital Tours
1. Yonsei Medical Center(홈페이지)
Address : 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu,
Seoul,
In the late 19th century, a turbulent time of political intrigue and
burgeoning Western thought, Korea, the Hermit Kingdom, was struggling against
Japanese expansionism. The last ruling royals were of the Yi Dynasty. It was then that modern medicine began in Korea, when Dr. Horace N. Allen, a Protestant missionary doctor from the
Presbyterian Missions in New York, arrived in Seoul.
In December of 1884, Dr. Allen was given the opportunity of saving the life of the nephew of powerful Queen Min. In gratitude, at the behest of King Kojong, the Royal Hospital Kwang Hye
Won, which means "House of Extended Grace," was founded. Soon after, this
was renamed Che Jung Won or "Universal Helpfulness". The King appointed Dr. Allen as head of the hospital, after whom Dr. Charles C. Vinton and Dr. Oliver R. Avison successfully carried on his work. Dr.
Allen and his colleague, Dr. J. W Heron, went further, establishing a medical school in 1886. They named it Che Jung Won Medical School - the basis for modem medical education in Korea.
In 1894, the Presbyterian North Mission was given control of the hospital from
the government, and since then it has been a distinctly missionary institution.
In the early years, hospital care was furnished in a remodeled, though small,
traditional Korean building. However, it was determined that an adequate facility needed to be erected, and so in 1899, Dr. Avison was authorized, this time by the Mission Board, to raise a sum of $10,000. In addition, plans and estimates
were drawn up. At the
Ecumenical Missionary Conference in New York in 1900, Dr. Avison presented
his proposal entitled, "Comity in Medical Missions". Mr. Louis H. Severance, an American philanthropist
in the audience, was enthralled upon hearing the speech.
Mr. Severance then decided that Seoul would be on ideal place to build a hospital- a project he had been
planning for years. He arranged to meet Dr.
Avison and was shown the plans and quotations.
In a few days a donation of $10,000 was secured. The hospital was completed in September of 1904 - the first modem hospital in Korea. It was
named "Severance Memorial Hospital". Subsequently, the original
donation was increased to approximately
$25,000, which was used for the acquisition of more land and equipment and for more buildings to be built. Even after Mr. Severance's death, his son and
daughter graciously continued to support the hospital.
The first regular class of medical students was enrolled in 1900. The beginning of modern medical education, however, dates
back to 1886, during
which medical instruction continued, even though it did not take on a regular and systemic form. The first class of seven men
graduated in June of 1908. The school by then was named "Severance Hospital Medical
School". After the graduation of the first class,
efforts were then undertaken to unite the various
missions that were involved in the school at the time. Until 1912, hospital care could hardly be
termed "united", for doctors from various missions other than Presbyterian North, had been
offering assistance in courses and lectures, and they were not in truth "residents". That year,
however, marked a new phase into the medical
school's future.
The Southern Presbyterian Mission appointed
Dr. Kung Sun Oh as the first Korean dean of the school.
This was soon followed by the appointment of staff from different Mission Boards, i.e., the Southern Methodist Mission, the Methodist Episcopal Mission and the Australian
Presbyterian Mission. The name of the medical school was aptly changed to "Severance
Union Medical College (SUMC)".
As the
number of graduates increased, the faculty of the school, at the time mainly
consisting of missionary doctors, was gradually replaced by its own graduates. SUMC remained
the only medical school for Koreans, operated by Koreans until the end of the Japanese colonization. During these difficult years of Japanese rule and the transitional period after World War II, deeply dedicated leaders led
Severance. This began with Dr. Kung Sun Oh,
who succeeded Dr. Avison, followed by Dr Yong Joon Rhee, Dr. Dong Choy, Dr. Yong Sul Lee, and Dr. Myung Sun Kim.
The
outbreak of the Korean War
tragically saw
more than 80% of the buildings and facilities
destroyed. But, the staff and students set up
refugee hospitals on Koje Island, at Chungdo and
Wonju, in hope that Severance would continue to function as a hospital and medical school. The
old Severance building was partially restored and used until 1962.
The
merger of Severance Union Medical College and Chosun Christian University to form the new Yonsei University in January of 1957 was the realization of a decades-old dream. Dr. Myung Sun
Kim, the former president of Severance Union Medical College, became the
vice-president for Medical Affairs at Yonsei University. In 1955, the
construction of Yonsei University Medical Center was undertaken on the campus of Chosun Christian University. This was accomplished with the help of the U.S. 8th Army, the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, the China Medical Board and Alumni of SUMC.
The 8th Army aided in the creation of the Memorial Chest Surgery
Hospital; the United Board, the General
Ward Hospital; the China Medical Board, a basic
science building and library; and SUMC alumni,
outpatient clinics. In 1962, the
former Severance Union Medical College and Hospital were moved to the present Yonsei University Campus, a beautiful 15-acre site located in the western portion of Seoul.
Yonsei University College of Medicine continued to advance to meet the challenges of constant change in,
the need for leadership in medical education and in the Christian ministry of healing. In 1968, the first
electron microscope in Korea was installed, and a
cardiac laboratory and intensive care unit were added
to the hospital. In 1969, a 4 -story wing functioning as a private ward was added. This was expanded to 10 stories in 1979. The Speech and Hearing Center
was established that same year.
The Yonsei Cancer Center was also founded in 1969
as a joint effort between the Korean government and Yonsei Medical Center to meet the needs of those
afflicted with cancer from around the nation. It was
equipped with the most up-to-date radiotherapeutic and diagnostic facilities at that time. In 1973, the Basic Science Building
was expanded and a new
library building was constructed. In 1975, the Kwang Wha Community Health Teaching Center was fonned with the support of the Protestant Central Agency for Development Aid (EZE) of West Gennany and the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia.
In 1983, a new 400-bed hospital was built in Gangnam, an area south of the Han River. Following
this, in 1987, as part of the Centennial Projects, construction of the Yonsei Rehabilitation Center, restoration of the first Korean hospital (Kwang Hye Won), and construction of the Allen Memorial Guesthouse were completed. In the wake of international trends, the hospital
began decentralization into a complex of specialized centers in 1992, beginning with a 240-bed Cardiovascular
Center. Kwangju Severance Psychiatric
Hospital opened in 1993 and a specialized institute for Ophthalmology and ENT
opened in 1996.
The
new Severance Hospital building was built in 2005. Avision Bio-Medical Research
Center opened in 2013 and became the center of state-of art researches. Yonsei Cancer Center had its grand
opening in 2004 and is providing comprehensive multidisciplinary treatment to patients with Cancer. As Yonsei has always been, Yonsei University
Health System is the pioneer of medicine in Korea.
The
Yonsei University College of Medicine Alumni Association has played many
crucial roles in the continued growth and expansion of the Yonsei University Health System. The Chejung Haksa (1974), then- state of the art dormitory for medical students, the
Mooak 3 Haksa (1998) dormitory, and the Allen Memorial Guesthouse were erected by the Alumni
Association. The Kwang Hye Won - the birthplace of Yonsei University - was also restored within the campus by the Alumni Association.
Currently, there are approximately 10,100 employees throughout the
Health System, which include some 2,500 physicians and 7,600 nurses and
administration staffs. Yonsei Medical College enrolls 110 students
every year, has more than 540 full time faculty members and over 1,000 full-time fellows and staff. In addition, a total of 24,000 students have
graduated from the colleges and graduate schools. The hospitals have around
3,700 beds and see around 4 million outpatients and 1 million inpatients
annually.
All
facilities at YUHS are modern and state-of-the-art medical equipment, and are
operated by a ubiquitous information system that digitally links all
organizations together efficiently. With these infrastructures, YUHS continues
to develop by balancing education, research and patient care, which together
are helping it to realize its mission of freeing humankind from disease and
suffering with the love of God.
Based
on more than 130 years of experience in medicine, YUHS will strive to be a
leader in the industrialization and globalization of medicine, thus helping it
to achieve its goal of becoming the medical hub of Northeast Asia.