東華醫院 (美國)

東華醫院(英語:San Francisco Chinese Hospital)是一間位於美國加利福尼亞州三藩市社區醫院,同時也是美國境內唯一一間華人醫院[1][2]。東華醫院位於三藩市唐人街

東華醫院
San Francisco Chinese Hospital
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三藩市東華醫院,包括新病人塔及1979年附屬大樓。
右方為新病人塔及1979年附屬大樓
基本資訊
地址 美國加利福尼亞州三藩市
座標37°47′44″N 122°24′33″W / 37.79556°N 122.4092°W / 37.79556; -122.4092
組織結構
經營性質非牟利
醫院類型綜合醫院
醫療服務
急症室
床位數54張
歷史
建立時間1925年
聯繫方式
網站www.chinesehospital-sf.org
地圖
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東華醫院主要服務三藩市地區的老年人、窮人及中國移民,並為具有語言障礙的居民提供三藩市總醫院英語San Francisco General Hospital以外的選擇[1],其職員可提供廣東話、普通話、英語、台山話等語言服務。東華醫院同時營運華人保健計劃[3]

歷史

起源

歷史學家麥禮謙英語Him Mark Lai指出有三個因素導致早期華人移民難以尋求醫療協助[4]

  1. 許多醫院拒絕治療華人病人
  2. 多數醫院遠離唐人街,預期病人有可能在路上遭到襲擊
  3. 多數華人移民不會說英語,難以與美國醫院溝通

1888年,中國醫院協會請求批准在大學丘英語Neighborhoods in San Francisco興建醫院,但三藩市參事委員會則因既有業主的反對而將請求轉往健康及警察委員會[5]。三藩市於19世紀末設立了若干聲稱為中國醫院的私營機構,然而聲譽較差,主要功能為療養院和太平間[6][7][8]

東華醫院的歷史可以追溯至1899年[9],當年與香港東華三院有聯繫的東方藥局在薩克拉門托街業主抗議下成立[10][11]。東華醫局開設於薩克拉門托街828號,現時作為黃顯護英語Willie "Woo Woo" Wong/東華遊樂場之用[4]1906年三藩市大地震及大火後,東華醫局搬遷至特倫頓街14號[4]。但是東華醫局建築物太小,只有7.6米乘18.3米,不足以應付社區需求[4]

1924年及1979年建築

 
現已拆除的1924年醫院立面。1979年附屬大樓位於較高的位置

1920年,東華醫局購入一處土地以擴展特倫頓街的醫局,而六大會館召集了15個社區組織舉行會議,並大膽決定改為興建一間現代化醫院,因此也需要大量的籌款。15個組織於1922年10月再次開會,並成立醫院董事局,於1923年8月以10500美元購入現時醫院所在地的土地[4]。1923年起,三藩市灣區的華人移民為工程貢獻了14萬5000美元,而20萬美元的目標則於1925年初達成[4]。現代化的東華醫院以鋼筋水泥興建,並在屋頂具備一定東方建築風格,並於1924年落成。東華醫院地址為傑克遜街835號[12],於1925年4月18日開幕,當時唐人街更連續幾天舉辦了大型慶祝活動[13][14]

到了1970年代初,原有的大樓已經不符合1947年成立的地震與消防標準,但其收入主要來自唐人街的零售物業,並不足以提供足夠資金進行改善[4]。新附屬大樓於1979年在傑克遜街845號建成,並設有54張病床。1979年醫院附屬大樓開幕後,原有的1924年大樓改為醫學行政大樓[12]

2012年擴建

2012年,東華醫院公佈計劃興建一座新醫院大樓取代現時的1924年大樓。新大樓將由1979年大樓接管病人護理,而1924年大樓則因不防震不安全而計劃拆除[15]。計劃雖然遭到國家歷史保護基金英語National Trust for Historic Preservation的強烈反對,仍然得到通過,1924年大樓因而拆除[16]。基金將1924年大樓的拆除稱為2013年十大歷史遺蹟損失之一[17]。1924年大樓後方的一處41個車位的停車場也遭到拆除以興建新大樓[12][15]

到了2016年9月,耗資1.8億美元新建的8層大樓正式開放,稱為病人塔[18]。新建的醫院大樓將設有54張病床並加入22張病床的護理設施,而1979年大樓將改為服務醫學行政及門診中心[12]。工程的籌款由華裔美國政治活動家白蘭帶頭[19]

著名病人

演員及武術家李小龍即於東華醫院出生[1][20][21]三藩市參事委員會前主席余鼎昂亦於東華醫院出生[22]

參考資料

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  2. ^ Torassa, Ulysses. The healing power of community / City's top-ranked Chinese Hospital offers western medicine with eastern touch. San Francisco Chronicle. May 19, 2002 [October 14, 2016]. (原始內容存檔於2021-11-22). 
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  5. ^ The Supervisors. Various Municipal Matters Are Quickly Disposed Of.. Daily Alta 42 (14151). 29 May 1888 [October 14, 2016]. (原始內容存檔於2021-11-22). At the regular weekly meeting of the Board of Supervisors last night a petition was received from the Chinese Hospital Association, asking permission to erect a hospital on Block 98 of the University Mound Tract. The matter was referred to the Health and Police Committee. It will be remembered that the Board refused to take action on the protest of property-owners against the erection of the proposed hospital. 
  6. ^ Neighboring Places. Los Angeles Herald 41 (100). January 29, 1894 [October 14, 2016]. (原始內容存檔於2021-11-23). Senator Gwin died in 1887, and his family mansion on Jackson street has been a Chinese hospital for sixteen years. 
  7. ^ Ghastly Dens in Chinatown. San Francisco Call 79 (97). March 6, 1896 [October 14, 2016]. (原始內容存檔於2021-11-22). These are the Chinatown morgues, or hospitals, and deadhouses combined. They are little rooms at the end of long, foul alleys, where those who are dead and those who are dying lie together until their friends ship their dry bones back to China for burial. There are several of these places in Chinatown. [...] A few years ago the Chinese merchants raised a large fund to erect a hospital. Plans were drawn up and submitted to the City authorities, but for some reason the Chinese were not permitted to build. Large sums of money are subscribed by missionary societies to erect hospitals in China, but there is no place in the Christian City of San Francisco where a sick and friendless Chinaman can breathe his last, except among coffins and boxes of bones in a Chinese charnel-house. In some cases they are dumped into these hideous "chambers of peace" and left to die unattended, except a peep now and then to see when life is extinct. 
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  11. ^ Perrault Exposes a Peculiar Condition. San Francisco Call 86 (27). June 27, 1899 [October 14, 2016]. (原始內容存檔於2023-12-23). The following protests were received and referred to the proper committees: Property owners [...], against establishment of Chinese hospital on Sacramento street below Stockton [...] 
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