雒魏林和他创办的上海仁济医院

William Lockhart and Jen Chi i Yüan in Shanghai

1844年,雒魏林创办了上海第一家西医医院——仁济医院。从仁济医院创办的历史过程和早期的开办情况来看,在医院成立的过程中医务传道会功不可没。随着医院开办,医院的病人比例也在发生变化。另外,在经济方面,医院创办之初,主要依靠的是社会各界的捐款和赠款。但在1904年以后,随着病人人数的不断上升,医院的经济压力加大。这个时候医院开始采用收费的方式缓解压力,但是,基本上每年都是亏损状态。这也说明,医院的福利色彩,大过其余。所谓西医的经济侵略,值得商榷。

Jen Chi i Ytian was the first western medical hospital in Shanghai established by William Lockhart in 1844. From the historical review of its founding process and early situation, Medical Missionary Society had made a great contribution to the establishment of the hospital. With the development of the hospital, the number of patients had increased. After 1904, with the rising number of patients, the hospital had more and more financial pressures. Although the hospital intended to relieve the pressures by charging fees from patients, there was almost deficit every year. This also showed that the hospital was welfare. The so-called western medicine economic aggression was debatable.