[1][2] There are 374 beds on the main Fenyang Road campus of the hospital, which comprises the departments of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Radiotherapy, Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Stomatology, Laser Therapy and Plastic Surgery.

[2] The hospital was founded in 1934 by the B'nai B'rith Shanghai Lodge with funds donated by the prominent Jewish businessman Elly Kadoorie.

[4] After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Russian Jewish community in the city took over the clinic in 1942, moved it to the current site on Route Pichon (now Fenyang Road),[3][5] and expanded it into a hospital.

[4] At the time it had 60 beds and state-of-the-art equipment including the X-ray machine,[3] and it provided treatment to the poor free of charge.

I. K. Kagan served as chairman of the hospital, and S. Citrin, chairwoman of the ladies' committee, oversaw the house management and the kitchen.