Renji Hospital () is a general hospital in the

Pudong District Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city ...

of Shanghai, China, with the rank of "Grade 3, Class A". The hospital is a

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affiliated to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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History

Renji is the first western hospital in Shanghai and the second in China.

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, a missionary from Britain, rented a house in the inhabited area near Da Dong Men (Big East Gate) of Shanghai County and opened the hospital in 1844, the 24th year of the

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. It was then known as 'the Chinese Hospital'. Two years later, the hospital moved to Mai Jia Quan (now Middle Shandong Road), and changed its name to Shantung Road Hospital, also called Renji Yi Guan (), which had 60 beds and started an out-patient clinic. In 1927, the hospital received a legacy from the British merchant, Henry Lester, comprising one million

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took over control of Renji Hospital from East China Health Care Administration and renamed Renji Hospital Affiliated to

. During the '

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

', the hospital once changed its name to 'Gong Nong Bing Hospital' (workers, farmers and armymen's hospital) and 'The 3rd People's Hospital'. In Dec. 1984, the hospital regained to its former name Renji. In 1985, Shanghai Second Medical College renamed as

Shanghai Second Medical University The Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM, ), formerly Shanghai Second Medical University, is a public medical school in Shanghai, China. Clinical medicine of SJTUSM is consistently ranked first among medical schools nationa ...

(SSMU), and Renji Hospital became an affiliated hospital of SSMU. At the end of 1990, Renji had 607 beds and 1,211 staff members. In 2005, Shanghai Second Medical University was merged to Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Renji Hospital then became an affiliated hospital of

Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine The Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM, ), formerly Shanghai Second Medical University, is a public medical school in Shanghai, China. Clinical medicine of SJTUSM is consistently ranked first among medical schools nationa ...

Present

Pudong Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city ...

became an open economic development zone, Renji chose a new place for its extension in Lujiazui. Now, Renji Hospital has four parts, the west part is the old location in Huangpu district, the east part is in Pudong New Area, the south part is in Minhang District, and the north part is a reproductive medicin center, located on Lingshan street, Pudong District. In 2007, the hospital has in space, 185,744 square meters of building space, 1,600 patient-beds, and 2,651 employees, among which 411 are senior doctors. It treats about 2.1 million emergency cases and outpatients, about 57,000 inpatients and over 28,000 operations every year.

Gastroenterology Gastroenterology (from the Greek gastḗr- “belly”, -énteron “intestine”, and -logía "study of") is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. The digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract ...

is a national key discipline. Renji is also known for

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cardiology Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart d ...

obstetrics Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgi ...

gynecology Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined are ...

, andrology,

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general surgery General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid ...

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and cardiothoracic surgery. Renji also has several research institutes, including Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease,Introduction of Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease
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Notable professors

* Lan Xichun (1907–1995) * Huang Mingxin ( Chinese:黄铭新) (1909–2001) * Jiang Shaoji (1919–1995) * Qian Jiaqi (1939–2019)

References

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History

Present

Notable professors

See also

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