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34: 459:. 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, 474:
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".
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This is the oldest Western-style hospital in the country, founded in 1885 as a royal hospital named "
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This was renamed Severance Hospital on 3 September 1904 after a generous American donor,
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The hospital was founded as a royal hospital in 1885 by
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Buildings and structures of Korea under Japanese rule
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which was then restructured as Severance Hospital by
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Seodaemun-gu
Seoul
Coordinates
37°33′45″N 126°56′27″E / 37.5624°N 126.9409°E / 37.5624; 126.9409
Type
Teaching
Affiliated university
Yonsei University
Emergency department
yuhs.or.kr
Hospitals in South Korea
sev.isevrance.com
Hangul
병원
Hanja
病院
Revised Romanization
McCune–Reischauer
Hangul
대학교
의료원
Hanja
大學校
醫療院
Revised Romanization
McCune–Reischauer
teaching hospital
Sinchon-dong
Seodaemun District

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