Best Cardiology And Cardiac Surgery Hospitals in South Korea

• The Pusan National University Hospital (PNUH) was set up in 1956 under the South Korea's education policy to offer public health and to contribute to medical knowledge by carrying out research in dentistry, pharmacology, nursing science and medicine.  
• PNUH is a leading super-speciality hospital with a capacity of +2,000 beds and +3,000 employees. 
• It runs 20 speciality centres for heart disease and heart attack. It offers treatment of PET/CT and other diagnostic imaging services with the most-advanced medical equipment. It has 23 medical departments, eight dental departments and a subsidiary research institute.  It also houses the Cancer center and the Trauma center.
• In 2013, it ranked first among the grade given for hospitals in Public Health and Medical Business Assessment. Some of its other accomplishments include, starting the Pusan Cancer Center in 2009, recognition by the  Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2011, second rank for 'brand power' among general hospitals in 2012. 
• The hospital houses a departmental store, a chemist shop and a cafeteria. 
• Ever since its inception as a corporate in 1994, the medical staff at the hospital offers world-class client-centered services. 
• The International Health Center of PNUH was set up to offer medical services to local foreign residents and services. 
• The PNUH's Biobank is a depository of bioresources and is on course to become a dedicated bank for personalised diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and colon cancer. 

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• Seoul National University (SNU) Hospital is a tertiary hospital that was set up in 1885.
• SNU has been at the helm of medical research and development within the Republic of Korea as well as globally for the past 130 years.
• SNUH comprises a network of hospitals: SNU Bundang Hospital, SNUH Healthcare System Gangnam Center, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, and Sheikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital (SKSH), United Arab Emirates (UAE)   
• It is one of the biggest hospitals in South Korea
• Modern medicine was first introduced by SNUH into Korea
• The hospital has the best medical staff, best medical devices, and a tremendous medical information system
• Ranked No.1 in National Brand Competitiveness Index (NBCI).
• To facilitate better service to international patients the hospital offers language and interpretation services in Mandarin, Russian, English, Mongolian, and Arabic.
• SNUH was the first hospital outside US to receive 7th Class certification from HIMSS Analytics, i.e. the highest grade possible for medical informatization.

• The Anam hospital at the University of Korea was set up in 1991 and has been devoted to elevating the quality of medical service through the introduction of state-of-the-art equipment and employing top-notch medical professionals.
• The center houses the latest generation medical equipment such as PET-CT scan, Linear accelerators, 3.O T MRI, latest-gen surgical robots, etc.
• The center Received the prestigious Joint Commission International (JCI) certification in 2007.
• Towards supporting foreign patients an International Medical Center was set up in 2009.
• Overall the hospital is set up in an area of 43,391 ㎡, which includes 36 departments and 25 specialized centers, employing more than 2700 personnel (Medical Staff 605, Nursing Staff 832, General Staff 205) as of 2014.
• Anam Clinic is ranked 1^st in Asia in terms of the number of robotic surgical interventions performed for the removal of bladder cancer.

• Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital (SSMH) was opened in 2009 as a part of Catholic Medical Center (CMC) with core values of unchanging spirit of respect for life.

• SSMH is the flagship hospital of CMC employing world-class medical staff and state-of-the-art medical equipment.

• Just one year after its opening SSMH received the prestigious JCI accreditation in 2010, and was fully re-accredited in 2013.

• SSMH has the distinction of being the largest single-building hospital in Korea owing to its 22 floors above and 6 floors under ground consisting of 1,356 beds.

• The hospital employs more than 800 medical doctors and 1,800 nurses in its 25 departments.

• SSMH provides reliable top-quality medical services to more than 6,700 outpatients and about 1,200 in-patients in addition to performing about 130 surgeries per day on an average.

• SSMH ranks number 5 for blood marrow transplantation (BMT) globally.

• In-line with its commitment for international patients SSMH provides interpretation service in five languages namely English, French, Japanese, Russian and Mandarin. 

• Ranked Number 1 in Korean Standard Service - Quality Index (KS-SQI) (category: General Hospital Evaluation) for 3 consecutive years since 2018 by Korean Standards Association.

• Member of International Hospital Federation (IHF).

• KyungHee University Medical Center (KHUMC) was set up in 1971 with the spirit of “Rehabilitation of Mankind”.

• KUHMC has all medical facilities concentrated in one location, such that its structure comprises of:

1. Kyung Hee University Hospital

2. Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital

3. Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital

4. Kyung Hee University East-West medical Center

5. Medical Science Research Institute

• KUHMC is the first such center that offers treatment by combining dental, eastern, western, and eastern-western medicine.

• The center houses ultramodern equipment for efficient treatments with the highest quality medical staff and world-class operation rooms.

• Some of the advanced treatment and diagnostic equipment include EMR, 3.0-Tesla MRI, 64-slice CT, robotic surgery (Da Vinci Robot system), and RapidArc (cancer treatment)

• Moreover, the entire center follows practices toward dispensing completely paperless medical facilities.

• For facilitating treatment of international patients the center provides services in English, Russian, Mandarin, and Japanese.

• Ranked No. 1 in 2005 for customer satisfaction by the medicine industry

• The highest rating of “Quality of Medicine and Patient Safety" by the Ministry of Health and Welfare

• The hospital handles over 1,200 surgical cases per year.

• In 2008 KHUMC was recognized for the largest number of successfully performed complex surgical operations by the medical institution.

• KHUMC successfully conducted world’s first foot, hand finger transplantation surgery.

• Chonbuk National University Hospital (CBNU) is a reputed national multi-specialty hospital in the Jeollabuk-do region, South Korea which was founded in 1909 by the government of South Korea. 
• The hospital delivers specialised and sophisticated treatment options, undertakes creative research and engages in innovative social responsibilities. The hospital has specialised centers for clinical research, geriatrics, cancer, respiratory diseases and pediatrics. 
• CBNU has over 1,000 beds overall and has the reputation of treating 9,00,000 outpatients and 3,60,000 inpatients and performing 17,000 surgeries. The hospital has a well-trained staff of over 2,000 medical professionals.   
• CBNU's Biobank is a depository of various types of human bioresources, mostly pertaining to cancer and non-tumourous diseases. Begining 2013, various bioresources have been collected in pairs for conditions such as lung cancer, gastric and colorectal. With this, it aims to further the advancement of biomedical research and discovering human disease by developing new diagnostic and treatment method. 
• The hospital has successfully conducted 500 organ transplant surgeries of the cornea, kidney and liver.
• The hospital offers comfortable stay to patients and their relatives. The hospital rooms are spacious and have modern decor.
• It ranked first in the proper use of antibiotics post-surgery, managing brain-dead patients and in hemodialysis evaluation. 
• In 2004, CBNU opened its first Advanced Digital Hospital, followed by a PET center in 2005 and a Gamma Knife center and Thyroid clinic in 2006. 
• The hospital has always focused on being able to treat all patients irrespective of their socio-economic status. 

• The Kangbuk Samsung Hospital was established in 1968 then known as Koryo Hospital, in Gyeonggyojang, a historical site in Seoul with a vision to improve public health through medical research and public health projects. Since then it has been progressively developing its research and technologies to maintain its vision. 
• It is a multispeciality hospital specialising in 32 departments.
• The hospital is known for its focus on patient-centered treatment. In fact, it was awarded the Patient Satisfaction No.1 hospital in 1994 in a hospital survey by the press. 
• The Kangbuk Samsung Hospital or KBSMC was selected by HIRAS (Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service) in 2012 as the best operational hospital for three kinds of cancer; namely, stomach cancer, colon cancer, and liver cancer. It had the lowest death rate of patients within a 30-day window after the operation. 
• It is also top-rated in 11 areas of the Treatment Propriety Index, the best in the country, by the Ministry of Health & Welfare and HIRAS.
• In 2014, KBSMC was chosen as the best diabetes mellitus treatment Centre by the Medical Korea Awards and took 1st place in healthcare centre brand value in the Korea Brand Star for four consecutive years. 
• In collaboration with Samsung Electronics in 2011, KBSMC has one of the most advanced IT technologies having equipped the medical teams with Samsung Galaxy Tabs and Galaxy Notes in order to communicate and understand patients so as to take a well informed and accurate decision for treatment of patients.
• KBSMC has created 5 Specialised centres to resolve, treat, and prevent medical diseases with state-of-the-art facilities and technologies. They are - Diabetes and Vascular Centre, Breast and Thyroid Cancer Centre, Gastrointestinal Cancer Centre, Total Health Care Centre, and Natural Birthing Centre.
• It is furnished with the MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), MDCT (Multi-Detector Computed Tomography) and PET-CT (Position Emission Tomography-Computerized Tomography).
• It is the only Korean hospital that has a contract with the John Hopkins University Hospital, USA, to establish a joint research project since 2009. Moreover, it also established agreements with Banting and Best Diabetes Centre in Canada on diabetes, and with Kuma Hospital in Japan on thyroid cancer.
• The Hospital extends its kindness by carrying out activities for local residents and in disaster-struck villages or where there are no doctors. It also conducts medical activities outside of Korea every year. 

• Kosin University – Gospel Hospital (KUGH) is a super-specialty tertiary hospital established in 1951 for war-ravaged impoverished civilians with a rich legacy of 65 years. 
• The hospital has 40 departments and 15 special centers and clinics offering treatments for multiple advanced medical conditions. 
• Kosin University – Gospel Hospital's infrastructure comprises around 1,000 beds and a highly experienced staff of 1,600 professionals including 250 medical professors. 
• Some of its latest medical equipments include Oncothermia, PET-CT, X-Knife, 3.0T MRI and Computed Tomography (CT).  
• The hospital's International Health Center including Health Promotion Center is dedicated towards providing personalised medical care for foreigners. The center especially caters to patients speaking English, Russian and Mongolian. The center has inpatient and outpatient departments. 
• The hospital also runs a Health Promotion Center to give systematic health management treatments and services. 
• The hospital offers a comfortable and pleasant stay to all its patients.

• Inje University–Haeundae Paik Hospital is a super-specialty hospital that was opened to public in 2010 and is equipped with the most advanced equipment and latest medical technologies. In its first year of commencement, the hospital made significant progress, in that it carried out the first kidney transplant operation, carried out the first robotic surgery, opened a thyroid center and a Gamma Knife center. In 2014, it carried out Radiation Oncology Truebeam Operation. It also opened a nursing care ward in 2017, followed by the expansion of bronchoscopy room in 2018. 
• In 2012, it was designated as an excellent hospital for tuberculosis control in Busan. 
• The hospital has 44 departments, 15 special centers and clinics to offer treatments for various medical conditions. As of 2010, the bed capacity was +1,000. 
• The hospital provides a one-stop service in specialised services for organ transplantation center, shock trauma center and robot surgical center. 
• Some of the high-tech equipment in the hospital are 3-D movement analysis system, Radiation therapy equipment and the Da Vinci surgical system.
• The hospital is located in a cosmopolitan area and is fitted with a curtain wall and an individual heating system. The hospital is so designed as to incorporate plenty of nature's beauty into it. It is the first hospital in the world to have an entire floor of alkaline seaside hot springs. This makes the hospital stay for a patient truly salubrious. 
• The hospital's International Health Care Center was set up to make healthcare available to even non-Koreans. The center has onboard doctors and nurses who are fluent in various foreign languages. The center considers international patients with Korean Health Insurance and accepts most foreign health insurance.