Shanghai Chest Hospital

Shanghai Chest Hospital (Chinese: 上海市胸科医院) is the first hospital in China specializing in cardiovascular systems, lung, esophagus, trachea and mediastinum.

Shanghai Chest Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital in 1909
Geography
Location	Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
Coordinates	31.200709°N 121.430679°E / 31.200709; 121.430679
Organisation
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Services
Beds	580
Speciality	Cardiology, respirology, thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
History
Opened	1866; 159 years ago (1866) (as St. Luke's Hospital) 1957; 68 years ago (1957) (as Shanghai Chest Hospital)
Links
Website	www.shxkyy.com
Lists	Hospitals in China

History

Founded in Shanghai in 1866, St. Luke's Hospital (Chinese: 同仁醫院) was merged with St. Elizabeth's Hospital (Chinese: 廣仁醫院) in 1942 to form St. Luke's & St. Elizabeth's Hospital (or Hongren Hospital, Chinese: 宏仁醫院). Both hospitals were sponsored by the American Episcopal Church.^[1]

Hongren Hospital was affiliated to the Shanghai Second Medical College in 1954. It was reorganised as Shanghai Chest Hospital in 1957.^[2] Huang Jiasi served as the first president, and the first vice-presidents were Lan Xichun and Gu Kaishi. In 1957, it was designated by Ministry of Health as a national training center for cadio-vascular and chest surgery. In 1994, it was designated Grade 3, Class A hospital. In 2004, it became Shanghai Red Cross Chest Hospital. Since 2005, it has been affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University.