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Nowhere to Go: Room Amputation of 89-Year-Old Highlights Severe Gaps in Medical Referral System

Nowhere to Go: Room Amputation of 89-Year-Old Highlights Severe Gaps in Medical Referral System

Calls are growing to address structural blind spots in South Korea's medical referral system for severely ill, elderly patients following a...
Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital Earns 11th Straight Top Rating for Acute Stroke Care

Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital Earns 11th Straight Top Rating for Acute Stroke Care

Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital announced on August 3 that it received the top Grade 1 rating in the Health Insurance Review & Assessment...
Inha University Hospital Earns Perfect Score in Acute Stroke Evaluation, Securing Top Grade for 11th Straight Time

Inha University Hospital Earns Perfect Score in Acute Stroke Evaluation, Securing Top Grade for 11th Straight Time

Inha University Hospital posted a perfect score of 100 in a national assessment of acute stroke care, securing the...
Daegu Fatima Hospital Scores 99.96 in National Stroke Assessment, Outperforming Top-Tier Centers

Daegu Fatima Hospital Scores 99.96 in National Stroke Assessment, Outperforming Top-Tier Centers

Daegu Fatima Hospital has earned Grade 1 ratings across three key medical quality evaluations conducted by the Health...
High Timely Treatment Rate for Hemorrhagic Stroke Masks Capability Gap Among Hospitals

High Timely Treatment Rate for Hemorrhagic Stroke Masks Capability Gap Among Hospitals

The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service has added hemorrhagic stroke to its annual evaluation—which previously...

"I Called a Nursing Home. They Said: 'Wait a Year and a Half.'"

When caring for aging parents at home becomes overwhelming, families face a daunting choice between long-term care...
Shifting the Burden: Why South Korea’s OB-GYNs Reject 'Discretion' on Abortion Pills

Shifting the Burden: Why South Korea’s OB-GYNs Reject 'Discretion' on Abortion Pills

The South Korean government's proposal to leave the prescription of abortion medication up to the professional...
Get Second and Third Opinions Before Spine Surgery, Urges Renowned Scoliosis Surgeon Kim Yong-jung

Get Second and Third Opinions Before Spine Surgery, Urges Renowned Scoliosis Surgeon Kim Yong-jung

Dr. Kim Yong-jung, Director of the Spinal Deformity Center at Seoul Bumin Hospital, has performed approximately 2,400...
The 8 A.M. Miracle: How Parkside Rehabilitation Hospital Redesigns Lives After Acute Care

The 8 A.M. Miracle: How Parkside Rehabilitation Hospital Redesigns Lives After Acute Care

Every Wednesday and Friday, Parkside Rehabilitation Hospital—located near the UN Memorial Cemetery in Nam-gu,...
Debunking the Age 35 Cutoff: Why Vaginal Delivery Remains Safer Than a C-Section

Debunking the Age 35 Cutoff: Why Vaginal Delivery Remains Safer Than a C-Section

As South Korea’s low birthrate and aging population trends intensify, couples are increasingly delaying marriage and...