World's First AI and 5G-Based 'Flexible Care' Mobile Hospital Developed and Exported

Government Actively Promotes Selected 'Multi-Ministry Joint Projects'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] The government plans to develop and export the world's first mobile hospital equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G technology that can be installed within 60 minutes in emergency locations.

On the 11th, the Ministry of Science and ICT held the 13th Multi-Ministry Cooperation Special Committee meeting and announced on the 14th that it selected two projects, including the ‘5G·MEC (Mobile Edge Computing)-based Future Flexible Medical System Technology Development,’ as joint multi-ministry projects.

The 5G·MEC-based Future Flexible Medical System Technology Development project aims to create a modular, detachable mobile hospital that can open within 60 minutes in disaster situations or medically underserved areas by integrating existing medical devices with ICT technologies such as 5G and AI. In particular, through the world's first mobile edge computing (MEC) technology enabling ultra-high-speed and ultra-low latency services, it plans to expand the scope of medical services by assisting specialists or primary medical personnel to flexibly diagnose and treat according to the situation. In other words, in emergency situations, experts can remotely assist mobile hospital staff in diagnosis, surgery, and various medical services using video communication and data transmission systems. The core technology, mobile edge computing, is a technology that builds computing systems such as servers for data processing and storage near mobile communication base stations to shorten data transmission distances and enable ultra-high-speed and ultra-low latency services, which is a key technology of 5G mobile communication.

To this end, the government plans to swiftly complete everything from software and hardware technology development to demonstration and licensing through collaboration, with the Ministry of Science and ICT responsible for development and industrialization and the Ministry of Health and Welfare in charge of demonstration projects, and to promote overseas exports.

The ‘K-Premium Creation Project to Transform Traditional Culture into a Growth Engine’ is jointly promoted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ministry of Science and ICT. Through the convergence of traditional culture and science and technology, it develops materials, foundational technologies, and industrial technologies centered on Hanji (traditional Korean paper) and Hanbok (traditional Korean clothing) and promotes the commercialization of new products.

Kim Seong-su, Director of the Science and Technology Innovation Headquarters at the Ministry of Science and ICT, stated, “The newly introduced top-down multi-ministry joint project system supports efficient implementation of major policy tasks through inter-ministerial collaboration,” and added, “We plan to actively support the promotion of inter-ministerial collaborative research and development projects through multi-ministry joint planning support in the future.”

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