For no Particular Reason it’s China Rhymings ‘Shanghai in 1924’ Week – #3 The New Bethel Hospital

In 1924 the new Bethel Hospital was opened in Shanghai – the hard work of Shi Meiyu and others. Shi (1873-1954) was among the first Chinese women graduates from a U.S. medical school. On return to China, she founded the Bethel, now known as the Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital (they claim they were founded in 1920, but they weren’t, construction began in 1920 but took four years and so it was 1924 that the hospital opened its doors). The original address was 17 Arsenal Road, near the Kiangnan Arsenal in the south of the city beyond the southern border of the French Concession – that’s now Zhizaoju Road.