The Garden That Became a Hospital
In the early 1930s, Dr. Yan Fuqing — president of National Shanghai Medical College and a pioneer of modern Chinese medicine — led a campaign to establish a dedicated tuberculosis hospital for Shanghai.
Philanthropist Ye Ziheng answered the call, donating his private estate — the elegant Ye Family Garden, built just 15 years earlier — as the hospital's founding campus. On June 15, 1933, Chengzhong Hospital opened its doors as a specialized pulmonary care facility.
Over nine decades, that garden estate has grown into Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital: a 101,000-square-meter campus with 1,200 beds, 12 operating rooms, and a reputation as one of the world's foremost centers for thoracic surgery and pulmonary medicine. The historic garden — now a designated Yangpu District Cultural Heritage Site — still provides a tranquil environment for patients and staff.
