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Dosan and the Ahn family have a history with Good Samaritan and the Severance Hospital.
Severance Hospital was the founder of modern medical science in Korea with the establishment of Kwang Hye Won in 1885 by Dr. Horace N. Allen, a missionary doctor. Dr. Oliver Avison was conducting lectures and raising funds in the U.S. to expand the hospital and medical school. He met a businessman who was moved by his lecture at Carneghie Hall on his missionary activity in Korea. That man was Louis Severance (1838-1913). His motto, that it is more blessed to give than to receive, captures the spirit of Severance Hospital. With Severance's contribution, Avison completed work on a new hospital near Seoul Station, which he christened after its patron, Severance Memorial Hospital. Avison changed the name of Che Jung Won Medical School to Severance Medical School, and made it a four-year college. At the time, the school was proud to call itself the best in East Asia in terms of treatment and quality of teaching staff.
In 1886, a Good Samaritan - Mrs. Mark A. Severance - donates funds to purchase new property for larger medical quarters in Los Angeles. The hospital is renamed by the order of nuns who ran it in Mrs. Severance’s honor calling it The Hospital of the Good Samaritan. When it moved to this current location on Witmer it was named Good Samaritan Hospital.
The history for both of these hospitals reveals the Severances were Good Samaritans in Los Angeles and in Korea.
Dosan and Yi Hye Ryon were married at Severance Hospital sometime before August 23rd 1902 when they applied as husband and wife for their passports and visas to go to the United States arriving in San Francisco on October 14, 1902 to study Christianity and Western education.
When Dosan returned to Korea to launch the Korean independence group Shinminhoe in Seoul in 1907 he stayed in the night duty room at Severance Hospital. At that time, Severance Hospital was located across from Seoul train station. Shortly after, Dosan moved into a small room above a store across the street. During a period of demonstrations in August he brought wounded Koreans who had been shot by Japanese to Severance Hospital and saved many lives.
While in California, Dosan and the Ahn family lived in the area of the original Good Samaritan Hospital and its current location. Susan Ahn Cuddy was born in a house rented by Dosan and his wife at 1411 West 4th Street which is about three blocks north of the Pacific Dining Car located across the street from Good Sam. Dosan and the Ahn Family lived and walked through this neighborhood for many years.
There is a historical connection to Good Samaritan for the Ahn family.
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Good Samaritan Hospital Named Among HealthGrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals for 2009
Recognition based on outstanding clinical performance over seven-year period; a Distinguished Hospital 5 years in a row
Good Samaritan Hospital is named as one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by HealthGrades, the nation's leading independent healthcare ratings company.
"To be ranked among America's 50 Best Hospitals by HealthGrades is a great honor and is a tribute to our physicians and staff who deliver wonderful care to our patients year after year," said Andrew B. Leeka, president and CEO of Good Samaritan Hospital. "This unwavering commitment to quality can be found in every aspect of our organization. This award challenges us to continue that commitment and assure that everyone in our community has access to the best possible care."
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