Kwang-Chi Hospital

Kwang-Chi Hospital
Kwang-Chi Hospital
Church Missionary Society
Geography
Location	Hangzhou, China
History
Opened	1871
Closed	After 1949, renamed 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Kwang Chi Hospital (Chinese: 廣濟醫院 ) was a hospital established by the U.K. Church Missionary Society in Hangzhou, China in 1871. It is one of the earliest hospitals in China. The hospital is still standing today and was renamed to the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine.

From 1885 until 1927, the hospital ran a medical school, the C.M.S. Kwang Chi Medical School under Dr. David Duncan Main. A notable alumni was Wu Yun An, Deputy Surgeon General of the Republic of China from 1945 to 1947.

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