Severance Hospital, founded in 1885 by Dr. H. N. Allen, was the country’s first western-style hospital named Chejungwon (Kwanghyewon) and has been serving national health and leading the medical industry in South Korea ever since.
As the first in Korea to pursue quality improvement in medical service through the specialization of medical care, Severance Hospital manages specialized hospitals including Rehabilitation Hospital, Cardiovascular Hospital, EYE Hospital, and Children’s Hospital, Emergency Care Center, International Health Care Center, and Cancer Clinic. In addition, Severance Hospital endeavors to enhance the standard of the medical service in many ways, such as advocating the “Patient’s Bill of Rights” in 1993 and obtaining Joint Commission International (JCI) Accreditation.
Severance Hospital practices the love of God upon which the hospital was found on, as well as love for human beings. The hospital continuously strives to secure international competitiveness through focused devotion to the development of advanced medical care, leading medical technology with constant education and research efforts and realizing patient satisfaction based on advanced medical services.