[A brief history of Beijing Shijitan(Century Altar) Hospital]

Founded in 1914, the Jing-Han Railway Hospital has undergone through four different stages during its 100 years' transition, viz., from 1914 to 1949, from 1949 to 1979, from 1980 to 2003 and from 2004 to the present, with its title changing from Peking-Hankou Railway Hospital, Beijing Health Care Station, Peiping Railway Hospital, Beijing Railway General Hospital and today's Beijing Shijitan Hospital. As a railway hospital, in addition to offering services to Chinese railway health, it has also participated in many public welfare activities, such as major disaster rescues, important domestic medical services, the international medical assistance, hospitals' counterpart support, Lifeline Express and so on.In a sense, the establishment and development of the hospital are connected with Beijing Railway Health Services and is not only closely related with China's railway healthcare, but also to modern social transformation and changes.