Gangnam CHA Hospital Obstetrics Department Relocation and New Building... "Specialized Care for High-Risk Mothers and Newborns"

The Original Hospital Strengthens Gastrointestinal and Female Cancer Care... Focuses on Treating Severe Diseases

[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] Cha University of Science and Technology Gangnam CHA Hospital (Director Cha Dong-hyun) has separated its obstetrics department to open the ‘Gangnam CHA Women’s Hospital’ and will begin medical services on the 15th. This marks the specialization of obstetrics after 36 years since the opening of Gangnam CHA Hospital in 1984.

The existing main branch of Gangnam CHA Hospital will strengthen its focus on gastrointestinal and female cancers, concentrating on the treatment of severe diseases.

Gangnam CHA Women’s Hospital relocated to a newly constructed building 100 meters from Exit 8 of Eonju Station on Seoul Subway Line 9. It is characterized by minimizing infections for mothers and babies and enhancing care for high-risk mothers and newborns.

To this end, a high-risk mother and newborn integrated treatment center was established, consisting of departments such as obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, pediatric surgery, internal medicine, pediatric plastic surgery, and rehabilitation medicine. Thirty obstetrics professors specializing in high-risk mother and newborn care will treat patients.

Additionally, by strengthening genetic diagnosis, the hospital plans to introduce a new concept obstetrics hospital that provides focused care from the fetal stage.

The building has 7 basement floors and 17 above-ground floors, equipped with 88 wards, 26 Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU), 8 Obstetric Intensive Care Units (OICU) for high-risk mothers, and 8 family delivery rooms, featuring the latest smart medical systems centered on mothers and newborns.

Specialists in obstetrics, pediatrics, neonatal intensive care, and anesthesiology are on duty 24 hours a day, and the NICU is directly connected to the operating room to provide immediate treatment according to the newborn’s condition from the moment of birth.

In response to the increasing number of elderly mothers, a high-risk mother intensive care unit was established to prepare for emergencies during pregnancy and childbirth. Dedicated nurses for high-risk mothers are stationed here. Equipped with electrocardiogram recorders, fetal heart rate monitors, ultrasound devices, and a centralized monitoring system, it ensures safe care for mothers.

For the health of mothers and babies, the hospital received green building certification through eco-friendly interior design and plans to create a new childbirth culture by operating prenatal education classes that support fetal condition as well as intelligence and emotional development.

Director Cha Dong-hyun of Gangnam CHA Women’s Hospital stated, "CHA Hospital has been the number one birthplace in South Korea with 400,000 babies born over the past 60 years," adding, "Opening a mother’s hospital in Gangnam during this serious low birthrate era means reinvesting the love we have received intensively into mothers and children and establishing new global standards for mother’s hospitals."

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