Danish missionaries founded the Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County Central People's Hospital of Anshan, Liaoning Province, more than 110 years ago. This hospital is located in Xishan, Xiuyan, so the local people call it Xishan Hospital.
According to records of Xiuyan County, in 1898, Ole Olesen, a Danish priest, bought a house in Yidong and set up a church. At the beginning of his missionary work, there were only about twenty believers. In the following ten years, more than 300 men and women began Christians. In 1923 (the 12th year of the Republic of China), he bought land in Yixi and built a large chapel. This six-room building, which could accommodate hundreds of people, was funded by the old church, its members, and some non-believers. This church was open every week. A record says, "In 1892, Pastor Ole Olesen of Denmark bought a house to form a church in Xiaoshizi Street in the city, which set up a boys' school and a girls' school. There were two male teachers and more than 120 male and female students. The school fees were prepared by the Education Association itself." It can be seen that the school was founded in 1892, and the church began to preach the gospel in 1898.
According to historical records, Xiuyan Denmark Hospital was also known as Xishan Hospital. Its founder was Niels Nielsen (1875–1945), a Danish-American who had studied in the United States and obtained a doctor's degree in medicine. His wife Ane Kirstine Jrgensen Nielsen, a nurse, was American. From 1907 to 1940, his wife came to Xiuyan with her husband and worked as a nurse in the Xiuyan Denmark Hospital.
According to historical records of Xiuyan at that time, in 1902, Niels Nielsen went to China to preach and provide medical assistance to the people of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark. In 1911, the Danish Christian Abroad Evangelistic Association donated money to purchase 12,224 square meters of land in the foothills of Xiashan in Xiuyan Town for the building of a hospital, which was supervised by Niels Nielsen and completed in 1913. This hospital has three buildings with 79 rooms and 37 tile-roofed rooms. There are two experimental buildings, and the male ward area and female ward area were divided.
According to reports, Xishan Hospital at that time had operating rooms, laboratories, outpatient clinics, pharmacies, and operating rooms. According to statistics from 1940, the daily cost of hospitalization for hospitalized patients was 0.4 yuan. The heated brick bed cost three yuan per day, and the single room cost 1.2 yuan per day. Fees for children under eight years old were halved. During the first year of operation, 419 male patients and 428 female patients were hospitalized, and more than 80 operations were performed.
This hospital stipulated that all Chinese staff and medical staff in this hospital must believe in God. There was worship every night. The employees who didn't believe would be sent to the class for baptism candidates or dismissed. Patients must also worship every day. Otherwise, the cost of medicine would increase until they were discharged. For those from poor families, treatment was provided at a reduced price or free of charge. The inpatients would have a daily service after lunch. There were also hospital missionaries who came to the patient's bed to give individual lectures during hospitalization. The hospital also had a nursing school with a three-year system. After obtaining the graduation certificate, students also need to pass the unified examination of the Chinese Nurses Association to obtain the nurse certificate.
The former site of the Xishan Hospital is now in the courtyard of the Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County Central People's Hospital, Liaoning Province. Some of its buildings have been demolished, and it was designated as the municipal cultural relic protection unit of Anshan City in 2009.
At that time, about three or four Danish doctors in the hospital were missionaries, and about three or four Chinese missionaries were employed. The first five presidents of Xishan Hospital were all Danish priests, and among them, Niels Nielsen had acquired Chinese nationality.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times and the author reported from Liaoning.)
-Translated by Nicolas Cao
辽宁省鞍山市岫岩中心人民医院的前身是110多年前由丹麦传教士创办的丹麦医院。其院址在岫岩的西山，故当地的人们称为西山医院。
据岫岩县志记载，1898年，丹麦牧师吴乐信，在邑东买得民房一所，设立教会。其初传教时，信道者只有二十余人。近十余年来信道者，男女不下三百余人。1923 (民国十二年)，在邑西买地，建造大礼拜堂一所。楼房六间，能容数百人，均系老教会与各教友暨教外人捐助兴修，每星期开堂。另一处记载，“1892年，丹国牧师吴乐信在本城小什字街买得民房督教会，内设高、初两等男学校各一级，初等女学校一级。男教员二人，三级男女学生一百二十余人，学款由教育会自行筹划”。可见从1892年开始创办学校，1898年即开始设堂传福音了。
据史料记载，岫岩丹麦医院，也被称为西山医院。创始人为宁乃胜（1875年-1945），美籍丹麦人，曾在美国留学获得医学博士学位。他的夫人，是一名护士、美国人。她1907-1940年间随同丈夫来到岫岩，在丹国医院任护士。
据当时的岫岩史料记载，1902年，宁乃胜随丹麦信义会差会到中国施医布道。1911年，由丹麦基督国外布道会捐款，购置岫岩镇西山山麓地皮12224平方米，经宁乃胜监筑，1913年建成。医院建有楼房3栋79间、瓦房37间。有两栋实验楼，分男病房区、女病房区。
据介绍，当年的西山医院设有手术室、化验室、门诊所、药房和手术室。据1940年统计资料表明，住院患者每天住院费需要4角；火炕病房每天3角，单人病房每天1.2元。八岁以下儿童费用减半。医院开办一年间，住院男患者419人，女患者428人，做手术80余次。
该医院规定，在医院的中国工作人员和医务人员必须信主。每日晚间作一次礼拜，不入教者，送“考道班”或解职。患者也必须做礼拜，否则，加重药费，直至动员出院。对家庭贫困者，则少收医疗费或免费予以治疗。住院患者在每日午餐之后，都要做一次礼拜。在病人入院治疗期间还有医院传教士到病床前对病人进行单独讲道。这个医院还附设有护士学校，学制三年。取得毕业证书后，再通过中华护士学会统一考试，考取护士证书。
医院旧址现在辽宁省鞍山市岫岩县中心人民医院院内，有的建筑已经被拆除，2009年被定为鞍山市级文物保护单位。
当时医院三、四名丹麦医生均为传教士，并雇用三、四名中国传教士。西山医院前5任院长均为丹麦牧师，其中宁乃胜加人了中国国籍。
（福音时报特约撰稿人于辽宁报道）
清末基督教在辽宁岫岩创办的西山医院
Danish missionaries founded the Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County Central People's Hospital of Anshan, Liaoning Province, more than 110 years ago. This hospital is located in Xishan, Xiuyan, so the local people call it Xishan Hospital.
According to records of Xiuyan County, in 1898, Ole Olesen, a Danish priest, bought a house in Yidong and set up a church. At the beginning of his missionary work, there were only about twenty believers. In the following ten years, more than 300 men and women began Christians. In 1923 (the 12th year of the Republic of China), he bought land in Yixi and built a large chapel. This six-room building, which could accommodate hundreds of people, was funded by the old church, its members, and some non-believers. This church was open every week. A record says, "In 1892, Pastor Ole Olesen of Denmark bought a house to form a church in Xiaoshizi Street in the city, which set up a boys' school and a girls' school. There were two male teachers and more than 120 male and female students. The school fees were prepared by the Education Association itself." It can be seen that the school was founded in 1892, and the church began to preach the gospel in 1898.
According to historical records, Xiuyan Denmark Hospital was also known as Xishan Hospital. Its founder was Niels Nielsen (1875–1945), a Danish-American who had studied in the United States and obtained a doctor's degree in medicine. His wife Ane Kirstine Jrgensen Nielsen, a nurse, was American. From 1907 to 1940, his wife came to Xiuyan with her husband and worked as a nurse in the Xiuyan Denmark Hospital.
According to historical records of Xiuyan at that time, in 1902, Niels Nielsen went to China to preach and provide medical assistance to the people of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark. In 1911, the Danish Christian Abroad Evangelistic Association donated money to purchase 12,224 square meters of land in the foothills of Xiashan in Xiuyan Town for the building of a hospital, which was supervised by Niels Nielsen and completed in 1913. This hospital has three buildings with 79 rooms and 37 tile-roofed rooms. There are two experimental buildings, and the male ward area and female ward area were divided.
According to reports, Xishan Hospital at that time had operating rooms, laboratories, outpatient clinics, pharmacies, and operating rooms. According to statistics from 1940, the daily cost of hospitalization for hospitalized patients was 0.4 yuan. The heated brick bed cost three yuan per day, and the single room cost 1.2 yuan per day. Fees for children under eight years old were halved. During the first year of operation, 419 male patients and 428 female patients were hospitalized, and more than 80 operations were performed.
This hospital stipulated that all Chinese staff and medical staff in this hospital must believe in God. There was worship every night. The employees who didn't believe would be sent to the class for baptism candidates or dismissed. Patients must also worship every day. Otherwise, the cost of medicine would increase until they were discharged. For those from poor families, treatment was provided at a reduced price or free of charge. The inpatients would have a daily service after lunch. There were also hospital missionaries who came to the patient's bed to give individual lectures during hospitalization. The hospital also had a nursing school with a three-year system. After obtaining the graduation certificate, students also need to pass the unified examination of the Chinese Nurses Association to obtain the nurse certificate.
The former site of the Xishan Hospital is now in the courtyard of the Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County Central People's Hospital, Liaoning Province. Some of its buildings have been demolished, and it was designated as the municipal cultural relic protection unit of Anshan City in 2009.
At that time, about three or four Danish doctors in the hospital were missionaries, and about three or four Chinese missionaries were employed. The first five presidents of Xishan Hospital were all Danish priests, and among them, Niels Nielsen had acquired Chinese nationality.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times and the author reported from Liaoning.)
-Translated by Nicolas Cao
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