SoonChunHyang University Hospital – Cheonan

• 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.   

The team of doctors and medical staff offers treatment in Neurology/Neurosurgery, Gastroenterology, Plastic surgery, Cardiology, Pediatrics, Nephrology, Radiology, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Orthopedics, Pulmonology and Nuclear Medicine among several other specialties.