Best Hospitals in South Korea

• The Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong is a huge multi-speciality hospital comprising of a Western medical school hospital, an Oriental medical school hospital and a dental school hospital. 
• The hospital is equipped with a 3.0T MRI, EMR system and 64MD CT, RapidArc and robot navigaton. The hospital's specialised centers treat stroke and brain diseases, rheumatism and spine. 
• The medical complex is spacious and comprises a 14-storey building with four basement floors and an additional wing has three flours and five basement flours, together having a capacity of 800 beds.
•  The Kyung Hee University – Hospital at Gangdong has a dedicated team  along with interpreters to tap foreign patients and it has formed a global network for medical co-operation to contribute to its domestic and international competitiveness. 
• The hospital is surrounded by lush greenery and beauty and is a preferred choice of patients due to the cozy and comfortable environment which resembles receiving treatment at home.
• The hospital is very modern and its rooms are simple and comfortably spacious.
• It is on course to become a paperless hospital with digitalised documents and charts. 

• 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.     

• 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)

• Severance hospital is a division within of Yonsei University Health System.

• There are approximately 7,000 employees throughout the Health System (including ~ 2000 physicians and ~5000 support personnel).

• The hospitals have more than 3700 beds and treat ~ 3 million outpatients and 1 million inpatients annually.

• The total lot size is 77 acres with a building size of 640,538ft².

• The institute enables state-of-the-art medical treatments throughout majority of clinical specialties with its 5 Specialized Hospitals housing 67 clinical departments, 27 specialty centers, 16 cancer clinics, and a Dental Hospital.

• Severance Hospital is South Korea's first hospital to introduce robotic surgical system.  

• The hospital has an excellent record of exceeding 16,000 cases of robotic surgery

• The center offers very specialized robotic surgical training for surgeons around the world including the USA. Till date, more than 1,000 surgeons from 28 different countries have got hands-on surgical training on the same.

• Severance Hospital received the prestigious accreditation by the Joint Commission International in 2007 and thereby became the first Korean medical institution to have done so.

• The hospital offers language support in English, Chinese, and Japanese languages.

   

   
   

   

   

• Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) is a member of the network of hospitals in Seoul National University, within the Southern suburb of Seoul.
• It was established in 2003 with a CPOE (computerized physician order entry) system allowing fully digitized and paperless treatment of its patients in virtually every area of medicine.
• Korea Brand Power Index has consistently awarded SNUBH 1^st rank for the last 13 years in terms of quality of general hospitals.
• Furthermore, in 2012, SNUBH was entitled “1st Class in all categories” of quality measurements based on customer satisfaction, patient safety, and overall outcomes the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (a subsidiary of the National Insurance company of Korea).
• SNUBH is a research powerhouse with an annual research budget of more than 25 million USD.
• SNUBH accommodated around 3000 medical interns, residents, and clinical fellows.

• 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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• 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).