Huadong Hospital, Medical center in Jing'an District, China
Huadong Hospital is a teaching hospital on Yan'an West Road in Jing'an District, Shanghai, affiliated with Fudan University's medical school. Its main building, opened in 1926, is an H-shaped, 11,000-square-metre structure in European Renaissance style, designed by Hungarian-Slovak architect László Hudec and built by the firm Pan Rong Ji, set within large green grounds. It has 1,283 beds and 2,113 staff, including 258 professors and associate professors, and specialises in geriatric care.
The hospital was established in 1951 with limited bed capacity and initially served high-ranking officials in its early operations. Over time, the facility expanded to provide medical services to the broader population.
The hospital's name comes from its role as the East China Hospital serving senior cadres after 1951, and its geriatric medicine focus grew from that mission. Since 1989 it has trained students of the Shanghai Medical College, now Fudan University's medical school, becoming its tenth affiliated hospital in December 2006. The 1926 Hudec block is a Shanghai Cultural Relics Protection Unit.
The main campus is at 221 Yan'an West Road in Jing'an District, west of Urumqi North Road; outpatient branches sit on Kangping Road near the Shanghai Party Committee offices, near the Expo Village on Shibo Cun Road in Pudong, and in Minhang District, plus the Jingyuan health check centre. The H-shaped 1926 Hudec block stands within large grounds, so allow time to find the right entrance.
During World War II, the Country Hospital, under Superintendent Dr. J. E. Bowen, was one of several Shanghai hospitals that treated European Jewish refugees free of charge, including X-ray examinations. The refugees had fled to Shanghai in large numbers.
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