TY - JOUR
T1 - The first western-style hospital in China
AU - Chan, Chi Chao
AU - Liu, Melissa M.
AU - Tsai, James C.
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - Peter Parker (1804-1888), a Yale University-trained missionary and physician, founded the first Western-style hospital in China, the Ophthalmic Hospital in Canton (now known as Guangzhou), on November 4, 1835. During its first 3 months, Parker treated 1061 patients, of whom 1020 (96.1%) had ocular illnesses. Since then, the Ophthalmic Hospital in Canton has become a comprehensive institution that is affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University and is one of the largest hospitals in China. In 1965, the Department of Ophthalmology, which originally employed only 2 ophthalmologists, expanded to become an ophthalmic hospital. In 1983, it joined the Eye Research Institute and the Office of Prevention of Blindness to form the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center. The center currently employs nearly 800 staff members and provides care to more than 500 000 patients annually. The first Western-style hospital in China has survived and thrived; it is now one of the most prestigious ophthalmic institutes in the world.
AB - Peter Parker (1804-1888), a Yale University-trained missionary and physician, founded the first Western-style hospital in China, the Ophthalmic Hospital in Canton (now known as Guangzhou), on November 4, 1835. During its first 3 months, Parker treated 1061 patients, of whom 1020 (96.1%) had ocular illnesses. Since then, the Ophthalmic Hospital in Canton has become a comprehensive institution that is affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University and is one of the largest hospitals in China. In 1965, the Department of Ophthalmology, which originally employed only 2 ophthalmologists, expanded to become an ophthalmic hospital. In 1983, it joined the Eye Research Institute and the Office of Prevention of Blindness to form the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center. The center currently employs nearly 800 staff members and provides care to more than 500 000 patients annually. The first Western-style hospital in China has survived and thrived; it is now one of the most prestigious ophthalmic institutes in the world.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79958747137
U2 - 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.120
DO - 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.120
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21670348
AN - SCOPUS:79958747137
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 129
SP - 791
EP - 797
JO - Archives of Ophthalmology
JF - Archives of Ophthalmology
IS - 6
ER -