The Archive · 1937

Canton Hospital Nearly Finished

Government Supported and With Boxer Funds

wont Gun Own Commroxoer Canton, Apr. 2.

One of the most Imposing buildings fu this metropolis is that of the Sun 'Yat-sen 'Memorial Medical College, to. which the contractor ts putting the finishing touches, Seven' years ago the Canton Hospital, oldest In all China, probably the oldest in the Far East, "Was amalgamated with the: Lingnan University, and the property of the Hackett Medical College, also 8 Christian institution, was acquired by consolidation, With a grant from the Central Government and from the Board of Trustees for the Admini= stration of the Boxer "Indemnity Funds the old hospital has taken a new Tease on life and, now that it has branched out into the field of medi-eat education, will become even more famous, For its school building and equip~ ment, the Sat-son Memorial. Medical Collene, sot $500.00 from Nanking. from which it will also draw $100.000 annually towards maintenance. And is. getting, $60,000 from the Boxer Indemnity funds, which will help to make possible the realization of the immediate development plans.

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