The People of Chejung Hospital

Narrative

Chejung Hospital was founded in 1905 by Joseph Wynne Nolan. When it was first founded, treatment was conducted out of Eugene Bell's house, until land was donated by Choi Heung-jong to build a hospital and dispensary, which was named after Ellen Lavine Graham. The second director of the hospital was Robert Wilson. The esteemed missionary nurse Elizabeth Shepping also worked as a nurse at the hospital. Later directors or doctors of the hospital included Ronald Dietrick, Dick Nieusma Jr., and Louis Brand, who, together with Schepping, are all buried in the Yangnim-dong Missionary Cemetery. The staff of Chejung Hospital also participated in the March 1 Independence Movement in 1919 during the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945). Over time, the hospital eventually became today's Kwangju Christian Hospital. On the hospital's first floor, there is the Chejung History Hall, which commemorates the hospital's origins.