Best Duodenal Switch Hospitals in South Korea

• Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital – Cheonan is a leading super-specaility, tertiary-care hospital of the central region of Korea and was founded in 1982. In its 38 years of existence, the hospital has some firsts to its credit, viz; it became the first among Korea's university hospitals to start free onsite cancer education in 2001. In 2011, the hospital opened the first day clinic of the region, followed by the first hospital in the country to launch 8-channel multi-detect spiral CT in 2003. 
• In its first two decades of operations, the hospital was deisgnated as an internship institute for medical technicians, as a training facility for millitary and also for certified personnel for mental healthcare. 
• Some of its important milestones include, being designated as the Occupational Environment Measurement Institute, a dedicated ward for cancer patients with aseptic ward, introducing the 4^th generation extracorporeal shock wave lithotriptor, specialised hospital for diabetes among others. 
• It has also added many specialities over the years such as gastroenterology, PET-CT, developing surgical treatment for funnel chest with a transilluminated introducer, speical emergency diseases, testing service on development of premature infants and stroke among a few others.  
• It has a registered patent on treatment for Pectus Carinatum (pigeon breast).
• Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital – Cheonan has 24 departments, 736 beds and +1,000 medical staff including 130 faculty with national and international training. 
• It has latest digital equipments such as MRIs, CTs, OCS and PACS, SPECT and a radiation device for cancer treatment.
• The hospital has an adjacent ananex building and a wing, a college of medicine, two education wings, a dedicated parking tower and a secretary office. Thers is an outpatient clinic and a cancer center. 
• The hospital offers outstanding hospital stay for its patients. 
• The hospital is a leading medical-training institute that also has a Clinical Medical Research Center.   

• Keimyung University – Dongsan Medical Center (KUDMC) took its current name after the Dongsan Medical Center was merged with the Keimyung University in 1980. In 1982, officially it came to be known as  Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center. It is a multi-specialty hospital offering treatments for major medical conditions. 
• Keimyung University – Dongsan Medical Center has 26 clinical departments, 915 beds for inpatients, 50 beds in emergency ward and 40 incubators in the neonatal ward.
• It is equipped with the state-of-the-art medical equipment and has expert and talented medical professionals on board. 
• The hospital premises also house a Daegu Dongsan Medical Center, nursing college and Kyungju Dongsan Hospital and a medical college. 
• In 2011, the hospital was recognised as a Medical Center for Excellence in foreign patient attraction. 
• The hospital provides comfortable stay for patients. 
• The KUDMC's Biobank sources human bioresources during clinical practice for distributing to researchers to provide personalised medicine in future. 

• Honoured as the most respected hospital in Korea for 14 consecutive years by Korean Management Association Consulting (KMAC) (2007 to 2019)
• Honored as the best workplaces in Korea - KMAC, 2012
• Honored as the best global customer satisfaction survey for four consecutive years by the Japanese Management Association Consulting (JMAC) (2008 to 2011)
• Won the prize for global standard management in the social responsibility category - KMAR, 2010
• Honored as the best in national customer satisfaction index (NCSI) by KPC, 2010
• Selected as a highly research-driven hospital that customizes in anticancer therapy, medical robot system and medical equipment, U-healthcare, chronic diseases, development of molecular imaging technology, development of infectious disease treatment, adult stem cell-based cell therapy by Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2013.
• Honored as the best hospital in successful organ transplantations on liver, kidney, pancreas, and heart by Korea Network for Organ Sharing (KONOS), 2012.
• Selected as the best in the operative mortality rate of gastric cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer by Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, 2012.
• Honored as the best in performing surgeries on 30 major diseases by National Health Insurance Corporation, 2006.     

• 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.

• 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. 

• Pusan National University – Yangsan Hospital (PNUYH) came into existence in 2008 as a multi-specialty hospital to treat gastroenterology, cardiovascular diseases, neurology and neurosurgery, minimally-invasive endoscopic surgery center and 23 other specialty clinics. 
• The hospital is Korea's first and the only comprehensive complex in the world with a university hospital, a children's hospital, a dental hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, a Korean medicine hospital,  a clinical trial center and a specialized disease center.
• The hospital is built on 231,000 sq. metres offers outstanding treatment owing to its expert medical staff, a medical information system, PACS, construction of treatment infrastructure and a logistics automation system. 
• PNUYH has a bed capacity of +1,000 beds. It has 15 centers, 15 departments and eight clinics. 
• It has the best organ transplant center in Korea. In 2009, it opened the Pusan Cancer Center.
• The PNUYH complex comprises Pusan National University Children's Hospital, the Pusan National University Dental Hospital and the Pusan National University Rehabilitation Hospital. 
• The hospital offers one-room, two-room and family-room accomodation with basic essential facilities. The wards are comfortable, airy and well-lit.
• The complex comprises cafe, guesthouse, convenience stores, bakery, food court and an optical shop.
• In May 2010, PNUYH International Healthcare Center was set up to cater to international patients from Russia, China and Japan. It has bilingual-speaking staff and interpretation services. The center also offfers sustainable follow-up management based on patient conditions. 
• The hospital has six health screening packages for adults and one specialised program for children. 

• Ewha Womans University Medical Centre (EUMC) initially started as "Pogoonyogoan" - a house of many sick women in1887. It is the first women's hospital in Korea and has been leading Korean women’s medicine ever since its establishment. In November 2015, the current Ewha Womans University Medical Center was founded having both hospitals and medical schools.
• EUMC is an umbrella organisation consisting of Ewha Institute of Convergence Medicine and Ewha Clinical Trial Center, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Ewha Womans University Cancer Center for Women, Ewha Womans University, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, and Ewha Womans University College of Nursing. It also operates Yangcheon-Gangseo Center for Dementia, Yangcheon Center for Mental Health and the Gimpo International Airport Clinic.
• It specialises in women's cancer such as breast cancer, thyroid cancer, and gynaecological cancer. It was selected as the best hospital in colon cancer treatment by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. It also received the best grade in stomach cancer and colon cancer surgery performance by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRAS). It was also given the first place as a ‘Good Cancer Center’ in patient satisfaction, in Korea Cancer Center Assessment conducted by a famous daily newspaper, MK Business News, and a global consulting group, Deloitte.
• EUMC is a multispeciality Hospital having many major Clinical departments and Centres. 
• It is certified KOIHA (2015 ~ 2019) by the Ministry of Health & Welfare Certification. It is patient safety and quality healthcare certificate. 
• The Hospitals have International Healthcare Centre serving patients from over 60 countries. It offers comprehensive healthcare services to foreign patients. The medical staff highly educated and experienced and there are coordinators who are fluent in English, Russian, Chinese, and Arabic. They are available to assist medical patients every step of the way.
• It also has a Health Promotion Centre, which is a one-stop premium health service. It is a women-friendly environment with sophisticated services and detailed attention and care. 
• EUMC is equipped with state-of-the-art medical technologies like the Da Vinci Surgical System, Intraoperative Radiation Therapy, and the Rapid Arc. It introduced the 128 channel PET-CT technology for the first time in Korea.
• In January 2020, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, received the 2020 Award for Best Brand Award in General Hospital category.
• In 2019, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital won the Korea Health & Medical Awards 2019 from the Minister of Health and Welfare.
• In 2018, the Mokdong Hospital acquired the highest grade for intensive care unit (ICU) assessment implemented by Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRAS). It also acquired the highest grade in treatment of acute stroke assessment by Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service.

• Samsung Medical Center is one of the most pathologically advanced and patien- oriented hospitals.
• It was established in the year 1994.
• It is based on the philosophy of contributing to the health of the nation, to provide the best medical services and medical research facilities.
• The hospital has won first place 14 times for the National Customer Satisfaction Index - NCSI.
• 16 times the leader in the value of the Korean Customer Satisfaction Index – KCSI.
• It has been honored 12 times as the main medical brand of Korea.
• It has been honored 12 times consecutively in the first place in the Quality of Service index – KS-SQI.
• It has one of the best innovative medical practices in the world.
• It has approximately 1400 doctors, 2600 nurses, 200 researchers, 3700 pharmacists and medical engineers (as per 2016 data)

• Established in 1983, the Yeungnam University Medical Centre (YUMC) is located in the southeastern part of South Korea aiming to provide the best medical services with about 2500 employees.
• With 26 major Clinical departments and 13 Specialised Centres, it is a multispeciality Hospital particularly noted for the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRAS) report on the successful numbers of major cancer surgeries in Korea based on operations from 2006 to February 2007. Having a high chance of survival for the many numbers of cancer surgeries, it has become one of the top-notched Hospitals in Korea. In fact, it was ranked 1st in the  Yeungnam Region of Korea as "The World Best Hospital", selected by Newsweek, USA in April 2020.
• The Hospital invests in state of the art medical technologies namely like an advanced Dual 192 channel SOMATOM Force, 3D Mammography Unit ‘Selenia Dimensions 3D’, MRI 'Magnetom Vida', PET-MR (the first in Asia), etc to get the most accurate diagnosis and treatment along with the best medical care.
• YUMC was designated the best hospital in ‘Acute Stroke Appropriateness test’ in Daegu 6 times in a row.
• In 2017, it had the first successful "Arm Transplant Surgery" in Korea. In the same year, the Ministry of Health and Welfare nominated YUMC as the "3rd Superior General Hospital." 
• In 2019, YUMC got the 1st-grade adequacy test in breast cancer 6 times in a row and stomach cancer 4 times in a row and in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 3 times in a row. It also got 1st grades in adequacy test in infantile acute mesenteritis anti-biotic and in adequacy test in ‘Coronary Artery Bypass Graft’ along with adequacy test in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The General Hospital Nursing system also received the 1st grade for the first time among superior general hospitals in Daegu.
• It was designated a "National Safety Hospital" in 2020.
• The Hospital also has a Health Promotion Centre to perform early diagnosis and prevention through precise examination and diagnosis.
• The International Health Service Centre has been in operation since September 2006 to serve foreign patients with high-quality services and patient-oriented care. It provides a "One-Stop Service System." It has Korean and English speaking coordinators for assistance. 

• 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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