The Severance Hospital of the Yonsei University Health System is a hospital located in Sinchon

Sinchon

Sinchon or Sinchon-dong is a neighbourhood and a judicial dong in Seodaemun-gu in Seoul, South Korea....

-dong, Seodaemun-gu

Seodaemun-gu

Seodaemun-gu is a gu located in northwestern Seoul, South Korea. The name derives from Seodaemun, meaning literally "Great West Gate", which was once located in the district...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. It is the second biggest university hospital in 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...

 just behind Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul National University Hospital is Korea's top hospital. This hospital is a general and teaching hospital of Seoul National University's School of Medicine. Its headquarters are located in Yeon-gun, Jong-ro in Seoul...

. It has 3,700 beds, approximately 3,000,000 outpatients and 1,000,000 inpatients annually and is affiliated with Yonsei University

Yonsei University

Yonsei University is a Christian private research university, located in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1885, it is one of the oldest universities in South Korea, the top private comprehensive universities in South Korea, and is widely regarded as one of the top three comprehensive...

 College of Medicine. It is the oldest western-style hospital in the country, founded in 1885 as a royal hospital named "Gwanghyewon" (광혜원) by Dr. Horace N. Allen, an American missionary doctor. It was renamed Severance Hospital on the 3rd of September, 1904 and approved as a service mark in 1995. Its medical school was upgraded to "Severance Medical College" in 1947
and on the 5th January 1957, the Severance Medical College was united with Yonhee University under the name of "Yonsei University". http://www.yuhs.or.kr/en/contents.asp?cat_no=2740. It is part of the Yonsei University Health System which has 7,000 employees, including 2,000 physicians and 5,000 other personnel. 24,000 students have graduated from its medical schools.

Former South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung died there of multiple organ dysfunction resulting from pneumonia.