In China, the hospital brands that can be seen everywhere have aroused the curiosity of foreigners: "Why is the brand of your hospital so similar to the Swiss flag? We always thought it was a Swiss institution in China, but we were afraid to go in. "
Careful observation, China Hospital and the Swiss flag, both with a red background and a white cross, are really similar. The logo of most hospitals in China has a cross-shaped element, which is not found in other countries.
Why is the sign of the hospital a cross?
More than a hundred years ago, Tao. American Presbyterian missionary D.M. came to Beijing. She heard and witnessed the backwardness of old-fashioned midwives and the disasters brought to mothers and babies. Especially superstitious activities, women and children suffer the most. She once saw a parturient. Because of dystocia, the midwife put a shoe on the child's exposed foot, thinking that the child could walk out by herself. As a result, both mother and son lost their lives. Seeing this, the female missionary went home and cried. With that in mind, Douw. D.M. returned to the United States to collect money from the Presbyterian Church, and prepared eight years to raise money to establish the first women's hospital in China, which was later Dao Ji Hospital (1949 was renamed Beijing Sixth Hospital). When it rains. D.M. hung a cross in front of the hospital. After the hospital was established, she actively promoted new delivery and vaccination methods and trained medical staff in China. Also in 1885, the American Christian Women's Association established a women and children's hospital outside the west gate of Shanghai. 190 1 year, the Anglican Church of America established Ren Guang Hospital in Shanghai to treat female patients. The new midwifery method has greatly alleviated the pain of women's childbirth and greatly improved the survival rate. People think that even after the Cultural Revolution, this kind of hospital with cross signs did not remove these cross signs all over China, so the cross signs of China Hospital have been preserved to this day.
People trust this hospital with a cross sign. Even after the catastrophe of the "Cultural Revolution", these cross signs spread all over China's urban and rural areas were not removed, so the cross signs of China Hospital have been preserved to this day. In the early days of the Cultural Revolution, the logo of hospitals in China was "Red Cross", but it was not allowed internationally. Because 1863, the Geneva Convention clearly stipulates that the "Red Cross" is a "symbol of humanitarian relief" and has the effect of international law, and other medical institutions may not use this symbol.
The meaning of hospital logo
International Red Cross Logo Considering that the "Red Cross" logo has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, China has decided to design the logo of medical institutions around the "cross". I want to use the "green cross", but the "green cross" symbol is a common symbol of the international pharmaceutical industry, and later became the unified symbol of China pharmaceutical retail enterprises. The green cross hanging in front of the drugstore wants to use the "blue cross", but the "blue cross" is the sign of the veterinarian. The blue cross is the sign of a veterinarian. I want to use "red cross on white background", but it is similar to the Swiss flag. Finally, the designer took "how to combine the white cross with the red background to distinguish it from the Swiss flag" as a breakthrough, and finally took shape after four schemes. The cross sign of China Hospital consists of four red hearts with a white border around the white cross. Its moral is: in medical institutions, it is patient-centered,
In other health institutions, it is said that protecting and promoting people's health is the center. Among them, four red hearts represent the responsibility of medical staff to patients-love (above, the noblest and most important meaning), patience and carefulness (one left and one right, complement each other).
China modern hospital originated from missionary hospital. The "cross" symbolized by China Hospital is inextricably linked with the "cross" of Christianity.
However, today's China Hospital is no longer Christian. But the core spirit of fraternity is what we should adhere to.