Seoul National University Hospital

Infobox Hospital
Name = Seoul National University Hospital (서울대학교병원)
Org/Group = Seoul National University


Caption = SNUH Headquarter Building

Location = 28 Yeon Gun, Jong Ro,
Region =
State = Seoul
Country = South Korea
HealthCare = Universal Health Care
Type = General, Teaching
Speciality =
Standards =
Emergency = Yes
Affiliation= School of Medicine, Seoul National University
Beds = 1625 (Main Branch)
Founded = 1885
Closed =
Website = http://www.snuh.org
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Introduction

Seoul National University Hospital (서울대학교병원) is one of the major general hospitals in South Korea. This hospital is a general and teaching hospital of Seoul National University's School of Medicine. Its headquarter is located in Yeon-gun, Jong-ro in Seoul (서울특별시 종로구 연근동).

Seoul National University Hospital consists of four branches:

Except SNUH Kangnam Health Care System, all branches have Emergency Department.

SNUH is owned and operated by SNUH Special Corporation, independent from Seoul National University. The Korean government's Ministry of Education and Human Resources partly supervises management of the hospital.

History

Seoul National University Hospital was started as Naebu Hospital (내부병원) and changed into Gwangjewon (광제원) in 1900 and Daehan Hospital (대한의원) in 1907. In 1910, when the Imperial Japan colonized Korea, its name changed to Viceroyalty Hospital of Chosun (조선총독부의원). During the colonization period, the institution was under the direct supervision of the Japanese Viceroyalty. Korean had rather scarce number of opportunities to learn medicine at that time. In 1924, the viceroyalty moved the site of the hospital to the current location of SNUH. When the Imperial Japan was defeated and surrendered to the United States in 1945, Korea was liberated from the Japanese rule. Since then, the Republic of Korean government installed Seoul National University's School of Medicine on the site of the viceroyalty hospital. Until 1978, SNUH was a state-owned hospital. However, the government handed off the hospital's ownership by forming SNUH P.C., an independent professional corporation.