1951September 18, Soong Ching Ling won the Stalin International Award for "Strengthening International Peace" of 65,438+one million rubles. On the back of the check, she wrote "This money is donated to china welfare institute for the welfare of women and children" and decided to use this money to build a maternal and child health center on the basis of the original maternal and child health station. The name of the Maternal and Child Health Hospital is "International Peace" in order to inherit and carry forward the lofty spirit of the Alliance for the Defence of China led by Soong Ching Ling and the China Welfare Foundation in establishing an international peace hospital during the revolutionary war years. Its purpose of "serving the people, women and children wholeheartedly" comes down in one continuous line with the fine tradition of the International Peace Hospital.

1952 September 18, the hospital was formally established in changshou road 170, Putuo District. The newly established hospital covers an area of more than 3,000 square meters, with three rooms, an obstetrics department, 50 beds and 107 medical staff.

1956, 10 In June, the hospital was moved to No.910, hengshan road, Xujiahui, with an area of 1 1700 square meters and two buildings. In addition to treating hospitalized women, an independent gynecology department has been set up, and gynecological clinics, gynecological wards and tumor beds have been added.

1962 set up a family planning department and set up a family planning clinic and an outpatient operating room.

1963 set up a health care department, focusing on family planning, contacting factories and lots, establishing a women's health card and conducting a general survey of women's health. In the same year, a neonatology department was established and a pediatric clinic was added to achieve unified management of mother and baby.

1966, the number of beds in the hospital increased to 200, and the Shanghai municipal government allocated120,000 yuan to build a 6-storey ward building with 5,459 square meters, equipped with radiotherapy facilities (the original site was completed in 2004).

1984, Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau allocated 1 10,000 yuan to build a 3,600-square-meter outpatient laboratory building in the health center, and the number of beds increased to 350.

1September, 992 18 The 40th anniversary of the establishment of the hospital, the hospital plans to build the "Obstetrics and Gynecology Building". The building is 9 stories high, with a construction area of 7,242 square meters and a total investment of 24 million yuan. 1994 10 pediatric building 10 completed in October. In order to thank Guo Henian, the chairman of Hong Kong Kerry Group, for donating 6.5438+million yuan to build the building, the maternity and pediatrics building was named "Geru Building" after Ms. Zheng Geru, the mother of Guo Henian.

200165438+February 15, the foundation stone was laid, and it was officially opened on February 25, 2004 three years later. Total building floors 18: 2 floors underground and 16 floors above ground, covering an area of 2,352 square meters and a building area of 30,966 square meters. The total investment of the construction project exceeds 200 million yuan, part of which was donated by the famous Malaysian industrialist Mr. Guo Henian. The overall design of the building was designed by Kazuo Tanaka, a famous Japanese hospital architect.

On April 20 13, it officially passed the grade re-evaluation of Shanghai tertiary first-class specialized hospital.