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Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine (SAHZU; simplified Chinese: 浙江大学医学院附属第二医院; traditional Chinese: 浙江大學醫學院附屬第二醫院), known as Kwang Chi Hospital before 1952, is a non-for-profit tertiary care public hospital in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Founded as a drug rehabilitation clinic in 1869 by the British Church Missionary Society, it is one of the oldest hospitals in Zhejiang to offer Western medicine and one of the leading medical centres in China.
Before 1952, the hospital was known as the Hospital of Universal Benevolence in English and Kwang Chi Hospital (traditional Chinese: 廣濟醫院; simplified Chinese: 广济医院) in Chinese. The hospital was more commonly known by the "British Hospital (traditional Chinese: 大英醫院; simplified Chinese: 大英医院)" among the local people as it was run by the British church. From 1883 to 1926, the hospital affiliated a medical college named Hangchow Medical Training College in English and Kwang Chi Medical School (traditional Chinese: 廣濟醫校; simplified Chinese: 广济医校) in Chinese. Kwang Chi is also romanised as Guangji in Pinyin.
After 1952, the hospital became known as the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Medical College from 1952 to 1960 and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Medical University from 1960 to 1998. In both periods, the Chinese abbreviation of the hospital remained Zhèyīèryuàn (traditional Chinese: 浙醫二院; simplified Chinese: 浙医二院; lit. 'Zhejiang Medicine Second Hospital'). From the mid-1980s, with the popularisation of Hanyu Pinyin, the postal romanisation of the province, Chekiang, became replaced by its Pinyin form, Zhejiang, which altered the English name of the hospital. After 1998, the Chinese abbreviation of the hospital became Zhèdàèryuàn (Chinese: 浙大二院; lit. 'Zhejiang University Second Hospital') or simply Zhèèr (Chinese: 浙二; lit. 'Zhejiang Second').
In 1869, James Joseph Meadows, a missionary of the China Inland Mission, rented three houses on Dafangbo Alley (Chinese: 大方伯; lit. 'Chief Secretary') and started a drug rehabilitation clinic with 16 beds in downtown Hangzhou. A year later, the clinic expanded along the alley and a hospital named as the Kwang Chi Hospital, or the Hospital of Universal Benevolence in English, was founded under the leadership of James Galt.
In 1881, David Duncan Main was appointed the director of the hospital by the Church Missionary Society. The hospital became popular under Main's leadership and expanded in 1883 with a leper colony, an orthopedic surgery, a tuberculosis clinic and the Hangchow Medical Training College. The college was the first medical school in Zhejiang, and the second medical colleges in China set up by Westerners after the Department of Medicine of St. John's University in Shanghai. The medical college was also the first missionary school to register with the Chinese government in 1918. By the time Main retired in 1926, the hospital had expanded to have 500 beds, 3 surgery rooms, and hosted around 4,000 in-patients per year. With the help of Main, the hospital received funds from the Leprosy Mission in Edinburgh and the Rockefeller Foundation in the US.
During the May Thirtieth Movement in 1924, a large proportion of the Chinese students at Hangchow Medical Training College withdrew from the student, leading to the closure of the school. The anti-imperialism movement led to personal attacks upon Main and a populist appeal for nationalising his hospital. After 45 years of service in the land, Main left China in 1926. The hospital was then directed by Hubert Gordon Thompson, who allowed wider participation of the Chinese staff in the hospital governance with a half-Chinese, half-Western hospital committee.
After the Northern Expedition in 1927, the hospital was seized by the new local government. Hong Shilü was appointed as the director of the hospital. Zhejiang Provincial Hangzhou Hospital for Infectious Disease became an affiliated hospital of Kwang Chi. In 1928, Kwang Chi was returned to the British church, which was said to be mediated by the First Lady Soong Mei-ling. The infectious disease hospital was independent again, and renamed as the Hangzhou Municipal Hospital for Infectious Disease.
When Thompson resigned in 1928, the hospital was handed over to Stephen Douglas Sturton. Since the Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1932, the hospital opened a branch hospital to rescue the wounded soldiers from Shanghai and Jianqiao Airbase in Hangzhou, which treated thousands of Chinese soldiers. Gao Zhihang, the first Chinese pilot to shoot down Japanese aeroplane, was treated in the hospital on 15 August 1937. Initiated by Sturton, mediated by the diplomat representatives of the UK, France and the US in Shanghai, the Chinese and Japanese authorities agreed not to open fire within the city of Hangzhou. After the fall of Hangzhou in December 1937, the hospital was also a main shelter for refugees in Hangzhou, which sheltered over 25,000 women and children.
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Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine (SAHZU; simplified Chinese: 浙江大学医学院附属第二医院; traditional Chinese: 浙江大學醫學院附屬第二醫院), known as Kwang Chi Hospital before 1952, is a non-for-profit tertiary care public hospital in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Founded as a drug rehabilitation clinic in 1869 by the British Church Missionary Society, it is one of the oldest hospitals in Zhejiang to offer Western medicine and one of the leading medical centres in China.
Before 1952, the hospital was known as the Hospital of Universal Benevolence in English and Kwang Chi Hospital (traditional Chinese: 廣濟醫院; simplified Chinese: 广济医院) in Chinese. The hospital was more commonly known by the "British Hospital (traditional Chinese: 大英醫院; simplified Chinese: 大英医院)" among the local people as it was run by the British church. From 1883 to 1926, the hospital affiliated a medical college named Hangchow Medical Training College in English and Kwang Chi Medical School (traditional Chinese: 廣濟醫校; simplified Chinese: 广济医校) in Chinese. Kwang Chi is also romanised as Guangji in Pinyin.
After 1952, the hospital became known as the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Medical College from 1952 to 1960 and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Medical University from 1960 to 1998. In both periods, the Chinese abbreviation of the hospital remained Zhèyīèryuàn (traditional Chinese: 浙醫二院; simplified Chinese: 浙医二院; lit. 'Zhejiang Medicine Second Hospital'). From the mid-1980s, with the popularisation of Hanyu Pinyin, the postal romanisation of the province, Chekiang, became replaced by its Pinyin form, Zhejiang, which altered the English name of the hospital. After 1998, the Chinese abbreviation of the hospital became Zhèdàèryuàn (Chinese: 浙大二院; lit. 'Zhejiang University Second Hospital') or simply Zhèèr (Chinese: 浙二; lit. 'Zhejiang Second').
In 1869, James Joseph Meadows, a missionary of the China Inland Mission, rented three houses on Dafangbo Alley (Chinese: 大方伯; lit. 'Chief Secretary') and started a drug rehabilitation clinic with 16 beds in downtown Hangzhou. A year later, the clinic expanded along the alley and a hospital named as the Kwang Chi Hospital, or the Hospital of Universal Benevolence in English, was founded under the leadership of James Galt.
In 1881, David Duncan Main was appointed the director of the hospital by the Church Missionary Society. The hospital became popular under Main's leadership and expanded in 1883 with a leper colony, an orthopedic surgery, a tuberculosis clinic and the Hangchow Medical Training College. The college was the first medical school in Zhejiang, and the second medical colleges in China set up by Westerners after the Department of Medicine of St. John's University in Shanghai. The medical college was also the first missionary school to register with the Chinese government in 1918. By the time Main retired in 1926, the hospital had expanded to have 500 beds, 3 surgery rooms, and hosted around 4,000 in-patients per year. With the help of Main, the hospital received funds from the Leprosy Mission in Edinburgh and the Rockefeller Foundation in the US.
During the May Thirtieth Movement in 1924, a large proportion of the Chinese students at Hangchow Medical Training College withdrew from the student, leading to the closure of the school. The anti-imperialism movement led to personal attacks upon Main and a populist appeal for nationalising his hospital. After 45 years of service in the land, Main left China in 1926. The hospital was then directed by Hubert Gordon Thompson, who allowed wider participation of the Chinese staff in the hospital governance with a half-Chinese, half-Western hospital committee.
After the Northern Expedition in 1927, the hospital was seized by the new local government. Hong Shilü was appointed as the director of the hospital. Zhejiang Provincial Hangzhou Hospital for Infectious Disease became an affiliated hospital of Kwang Chi. In 1928, Kwang Chi was returned to the British church, which was said to be mediated by the First Lady Soong Mei-ling. The infectious disease hospital was independent again, and renamed as the Hangzhou Municipal Hospital for Infectious Disease.
When Thompson resigned in 1928, the hospital was handed over to Stephen Douglas Sturton. Since the Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1932, the hospital opened a branch hospital to rescue the wounded soldiers from Shanghai and Jianqiao Airbase in Hangzhou, which treated thousands of Chinese soldiers. Gao Zhihang, the first Chinese pilot to shoot down Japanese aeroplane, was treated in the hospital on 15 August 1937. Initiated by Sturton, mediated by the diplomat representatives of the UK, France and the US in Shanghai, the Chinese and Japanese authorities agreed not to open fire within the city of Hangzhou. After the fall of Hangzhou in December 1937, the hospital was also a main shelter for refugees in Hangzhou, which sheltered over 25,000 women and children.
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