Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital Selected as 'World Best Cancer Hospital' in This Year's Top News

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital selected being named a ‘World Best Cancer Hospital’ by Newsweek magazine as this year’s top in-hospital news.

On the 28th, Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital announced the ‘Top 10 News of Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital in 2020’ recently chosen by its staff.

The survey was conducted via mobile from the 15th to the 17th targeting 1,564 hospital employees. Every year at the end of the year, the hospital selects and shares its own ‘Top 10 News’ through employee voting.

The number one news of the year was being selected as a ‘World Best Cancer Hospital’ by the globally renowned current affairs weekly Newsweek.

In October, Newsweek, in collaboration with Statista, a global consumer data agency in Germany, announced the world’s top hospitals by specialty including cancer. Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital was the only non-metropolitan cancer hospital in Korea included in the cancer treatment category, proving the excellence of its medical capabilities.

The second top news was receiving the highest score among national university hospitals for the second consecutive time in the evaluation of medical services experienced by inpatients.

According to a survey conducted by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service targeting 23,924 inpatients from 154 medical institutions nationwide, Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital received the highest score among national university hospitals for the second consecutive time following the ‘1st evaluation’ in 2018. This corresponds to a top-tier score among 42 advanced general hospitals in Korea.

The news of receiving the Minister of Health and Welfare Award for contributions to infectious disease prevention and management, and achieving the highest domestic level in next-generation sequencing (NGS) performance for personalized blood cancer treatment ranked third and fourth respectively. The fifth was being designated as the Gwangju-Jeonnam regional center for the ‘National Bio Big Data Construction’ related to rare diseases.

Other news ranked 6th to 10th included proactive universal testing of inpatients and all staff to prevent COVID-19, operation of an additional 48 beds to expand integrated nursing and caregiving services, a series of donations from patients grateful for sincere treatment, being featured as a representative hospital of Korea in the Korea Tourism Organization’s ‘Luxury Travel Guide Book’ for overseas promotion, and operating the ‘Asia-Pacific Nuclear Medicine E-Learning Campus.’

Employees of Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital said, “Despite the unprecedented disaster of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have achieved abundant results. Based on the high satisfaction of patients and their guardians, we have laid a stronger foundation as a patient-centered global cancer-specialized hospital,” and added, “Let us put more effort into strengthening the substance and capabilities as a World Best Cancer Hospital.”

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