Asan Medical Center (AMC) said on Thursday that it signed an agreement with Scope Investment, a UAE-based investment company, to build a 65-bed gastrointestinal specialized hospital in Dubai Healthcare City in Dubai, the UAE, in 2026.The tentatively named Asan GI Hospital-UAE aims to enhance the qua
From mountain villages to Seoul, outcries mount lamenting the lack of doctors to deliver babies, treat children, and perform heart surgery. That’s because there are fewer and fewer pediatricians, obstetricians, gynecologists, and surgeons, especially cardiothoracic surgeons.High labor intensity, low
A male professor of pulmonary and critical care at Asan Medical Center (AMC) who was accused of sexually molesting more than 10 female hospital staffers, including residents and nurses, will be reinstated in September, according to a report by Joongang Ilbo.AMC suspended the professor for five month
What robots are medical institutions using, and how?At the Hospital Innovation and Patient Experience Conference 2023 (HiPex 2023), which opened at Myongji Hospital in Goyang. Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday, participants highlighted the status and potential of robotics in healthcare organizations,
The board of directors at Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital decided to close the hospital due to mounting losses but physicians and hospital staff said they would take legal action to save the 82-year-old hospital. Inje Educational Foundation, the parent institution affiliated with other Inje inst
Among families with a member at a long-term care facility, 39.0 percent intend to pay more for better care, according to a study.A research team at Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) published the results of a caregiving service survey of 1,111 families with patients receiving lon
The National Health Insurance Service (HNIS) Ilsan Hospital has recently established an emergency care network in northwestern Gyeonggi Province.The medical community’s attention is now on whether the artificial intelligence-based healthcare system can be a new way to solve the “emergency room-touri
The medical community is mourning the loss of Professor Choo Suk-jung, a distinguished cardiothoracic surgeon from the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Asan Medical Center (AMC). Tragically, he passed away in an unforeseen accident on Friday. Choo, who resided just a short 10-min
Indonesia is expected to send the largest number of participants to the upcoming International Society of Quality in Health Care’s 39th International Conference (ISQua 2023) in Seoul. This is attributed to Indonesia's great interest in Korea's quality improvement in hospital services and its similar
A doctor, who saw a patient in cardiac arrest while on call at night but did nothing because he was not the attending physician, has been ordered to compensate for damage to the bereaved family.The Seoul Eastern District Court partially upheld a damages claim filed by the patient's bereaved family a
Severance Hospital has recently implemented an innovative smart bed management system, leveraging Wi-Fi technology and e-Paper, to efficiently handle room occupancy records and patient identification.The smart bed management system automatically displays the patient's information on the room's occup
“Uterine cancer is one of the three major gynecologic cancers, along with cervical and ovarian cancer, and has been increasing dramatically in Korea over the past 20 years. Uterine cancer, which has relatively distinct symptoms, such as vaginal bleeding, is mostly curable with surgery and has a good
Hungary emerged as the most popular country for Korean students seeking to graduate from a foreign medical school and qualify for the Korean medical licensing exam, providing an alternative amidst intense competition among the brightest students vying for admission into prestigious local medical sch
A caregiver, who repeatedly inserted sanitary pads into the anus of a patient suffering from a brain lesion disorder at a nursing hospital, has been arrested and indicted.The Incheon District Prosecutor's Office said Thursday that it had arrested and indicted the 68-year-old female caregiver for vio
"Besponsa (inotuzumab ozogamicin) helps patients with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with a poor prognosis undergo allogeneic stem cell transplantation under positive conditions by increasing the rate of complete remission and MRD-negative achievement compared to conventio
A patient diagnosed with cystic liver disease, whose liver exceeded 10 times (12.1 kilograms) the average weight of a healthy liver, recently underwent a triumphant transplant procedure and has since made a remarkable recovery, Severance Hospital said.Professor Lee Jae-geun at the liver transplantat
Myongji Hospital said it will host HiPex 2023 (Hospital Innovation and Patient Experience Conference 2023), the only conference in Korea that seeks answers to hospital innovation from patient experience, in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, for three days from June 21-23.The annual event, launched in 2014
Severance Hospital said it successfully concluded the inaugural event of "Iron Child," an event for pediatric heart failure patients, on May 19 at the third-floor auditorium of the Cardiac and Vascular Center at the hospital.The hospital staff coined the name "Iron Child," expressing their heartfelt
Korea's “Big Five” hospitals stood out for their expertise in the Asia-Pacific region. Asan Medical Center (AMC), in particular, is ranked as the top specialized hospital in the region for oncology, cardiology, and endocrinology.Many Korean university hospitals, including the five largest hospitals,
A hospital has been ordered to pay about 160 million won ($123,800) after a patient who underwent an endoscopy died from an adverse reaction to propofol. The reason: the hospital did nothing wrong with administering propofol or providing emergency care but was negligent in monitoring the patient.The