Proposed Rule Change Could Give Northern Gyeonggi and Jeju Their First Top-Tier General Hospitals
Northern Gyeonggi Province and Jeju—currently the only medical service regions in South Korea without a single top-tier general hospital—could soon...
Medicine
Robot-Assisted Operations Account for 1 in 5 Stomach Cancer Surgeries at Samsung Medical Center as Milestone Hits 1,500
Samsung Medical Center has performed more than 1,500 robot-assisted stomach cancer surgeries, reaching the milestone 16 years after introducing the...
Rapid PCR Test Cuts Treatment Decision Time by 41 Hours in Severe Bloodstream Infections
When bacteria or fungi causing conditions like pneumonia or urinary tract infections invade the bloodstream, they...
Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital Reaches 10,000 Robotic Surgeries, First Center Outside Seoul Area to Hit Milestone
Amid the ongoing concentration of patients traveling to major hospitals in the Seoul metropolitan area for specialized...
Hansol Hospital Reaches 200 Single-Port Robotic Surgeries in 8 Months
Hansol Hospital, a colorectal specialty hospital designated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, announced Sept.
Cho Jae-ho Assumes Leadership of Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital
Cho Jae-ho, a professor of orthopedic surgery, officially assumed office as the 23rd director of Hallym University...
Shin Hyung-ik Appointed Director of National Traffic Injury Rehabilitation Hospital
For patients who suffer severe injuries in traffic crashes or fall accidents, medical care does not end when emergency...
AI-Powered Blood Test Detects 90% of Colorectal Cancers in Korean Study
For many people, colorectal cancer screening feels daunting from the start. South Korea’s national cancer screening...
Gachon University Gil Medical Center Expands Advanced Blood Cancer Care as Regional CAR-T Center Reaches Two-Year Milestone
For patients with aggressive blood cancers that recur or fail to respond to standard chemotherapy, chimeric antigen...
Lee Jae-joon Takes Helm at Hallym University Medical Center, Pledges Unified Synergy Across Five Hospitals
Hallym University Medical Center announced that Lee Jae-joon, former president of Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred...