Seoul National University Hospital (서울대학교병원) is Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

's top hospital. This hospital is a general and teaching hospital of Seoul National University

Seoul National University

Seoul National University , colloquially known in Korean as Seoul-dae , is a national research university in Seoul, Korea, ranked 24th in the world in publications in an analysis of data from the Science Citation Index, 7th in Asia and 42nd in the world by the 2011 QS World University Rankings...

's School of Medicine. Its headquarters are located in Yeon-gun, Jong-ro in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

 (서울특별시 종로구 연건동). Foreign patients seeking medical assistance can call the International Healthcare Center of Seoul National University Hospital at (+82-2)2072-2890/0505 , (+82)130-484-0505 (24/7).

Seoul National University Hospital consists of four branches:

Branch Name	Location	Type	ED
SNUH Main Branch	Jong-ro, Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...	General, Teaching	Yes
SNUH Bundang Branch	Bundang, Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi-do is the most populous province in South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Suwon. Seoul—South Korea's largest city and national capital—is located in the heart of the province, but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946...	General, Teaching	Yes
SNUH Boramae Branch	Dong-jak, Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...	General, Teaching	Yes
SNUH Healthcare System Gangnam Center	Gangnam, Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...	Specialized, Healthcare	No

Except SNUH Healthcare System Gangnam Center, all branches have an Emergency Department (ED).

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 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. Koreans had a 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 Imperial Japan surrendered to the United States in 1945, Korea was liberated from Japanese rule. After liberation, the government of the Republic of Korea 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.

See also

• List of hospitals in South Korea
• Education in South Korea#Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development