Severance Hospital | |
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Yonsei University Health System | |
Geography | |
Location | Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
Coordinates | 37°33′45″N 126°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 |
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Hanja | 세브란스 病院 |
Revised Romanization | Sebeuranseu byeongwon |
McCune–Reischauer | Sebŭransŭ pyŏngwŏn |
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]