Severance Hospital

Severance Hospital
Yonsei University Health System
Severance Hospital
Geography
Location Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates 37°33′45″N 126°56′27″E / 37.5624°N 126.9409°E / 37.5624; 126.9409Coordinates: 37°33′45″N 126°56′27″E / 37.5624°N 126.9409°E / 37.5624; 126.9409
Organisation
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Yonsei University
Services
Emergency department Yes
History
Founded 1885
Links
Other links sev.isevrance.com
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[1][2] 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.[3]

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.[4][5] 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.

International Patients at SEVERANCE Hospital

• Ranked #1 on attracting foreign patients in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

• Received Presidential Award (“Medical Korea”) in 2016

• Received the Prime Minister & Minister of Health Awards (“Medical Korea Global Healthcare”) for the largest # of foreign patients in 2013 & 2014

SEVERANCE International Healthcare Center

Customized Care

• Comprehensive & customized medical care Convenient registration & billing service

Korea’s 1st & Largest

• Korea’s 1st international healthcare center(1962) 30 staff including doctors, nurses and staff (family medicine, pediatric, internal medicine)

Foreigner - Friendly

• In – house coordinators (English, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Mongolian)

Foreigner-Friendly Environment : Exclusive services

• 30 departments, 92 specialties, 107 professors to reply to medical requests

• Fast Track System & Portable billing system

• Price list for major procedures → 93% reply to medical requests within 24 hours

• 24 hour Emergency Service (Russian, English and etc.)

• Various meal options (Halal, Russian, Western, etc.)

• Documents and directions provided in foreign languages

• Global TV channels - Russia (NTV, 1TV) / China (CCTV1, CETV, hnstv) / Middle East (Al Jazeera, Abu Dhabi Al emarat) / Japan (NHK BS1)


History

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".[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cho Byung-kuk: Lifelong Guardian Angel of Adoptees". The Chosun Ilbo. October 30, 2008. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008.
  2. ↑ "`Stomach Cancer Recovery 17 Times Higher if Detected Early`". The Dong-a Ilbo. November 11, 2008.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ 연세대학교 의대 세브란스병원 (延世大學校醫大 ─ 病院) (in Korean). Empas/ Britannica.
  5. ↑ 연세대학교의료원 (延世大學校醫療院) (in Korean). Empas/ EncyKorea.
  6. ↑ , Yonsei University Health System
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