Hana Bank Signs Joint Agreement with Seoul Asan Hospital, KAIST, and KT&G to Promote 'Cheongna Medical Complex Town'

Hana Bank signed a business agreement on the afternoon of the 28th at the East Building of Seoul Asan Medical Center in Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, with Seoul Asan Medical Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and KT&G to jointly promote the successful project of the 'Cheongna Medical Complex Town.' At the signing ceremony, Park Sung-ho, President of Hana Bank (first from the left in the photo), Park Seung-il, Director of Seoul Asan Medical Center, Lee Kwang-hyung, President of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Park Kwang-il, Head of KT&G, posed for a commemorative photo. Photo by Park Sung-ho

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] Hana Bank announced on the 30th that on the afternoon of the 28th, it signed a business agreement for the successful joint promotion of the 'Cheongna Medical Complex Town' project with Seoul Asan Medical Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and KT&G at the East Building of Seoul Asan Medical Center in Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu.

Through this agreement, Hana Bank and each institution promised to successfully establish a cutting-edge medical complex town in Cheongna International City, Incheon Free Economic Zone, by linking industry, academia, research, and hospitals at a global top level.

First, Hana Bank will participate in planning the business and financial structures and provide stable funding through financial mediation and the role of financial investors.

Seoul Asan Medical Center will enhance global competitiveness in medical bio research together with KAIST, in addition to operating a world-class hospital and advanced smart education system, while KT&G will invest and support to ensure the successful establishment of the 'Cheongna Medical Complex Town.'

Each institution will form a consortium and establish ‘Seoul Asan Medical Center Cheongna’ for treating patients with severe diseases. KAIST will serve as the core of the R&D hub within the medical complex town by establishing the smart research center ‘Life Science Park’ and will set up a ‘state-of-the-art smart education center’ to promote the excellence of Korea’s medical and bio industries worldwide, accelerating the creation of a global biomedical cluster.

Park Sung-ho, CEO of Hana Bank, stated, “With the creation of Cheongna Hana Dream Town, Hana Financial Group, which has established itself as a financial company in Incheon, will actively participate to grow the 'Cheongna Medical Complex Town' into a landmark of Incheon,” adding, “We will do our best to build Korea’s top medical complex town through close collaboration with globally competitive institutions.”

Park Seung-il, President of Seoul Asan Medical Center, said, “We will establish a ‘global biomedical cluster’ centered on a cutting-edge education center that transfers Korea’s medical excellence to medical professionals worldwide, as well as a hospital for treating complex overseas severe patients,” and added, “We will cooperate with general hospitals in Incheon to ensure that patients with severe conditions such as organ transplants, heart, and cancer surgeries can safely receive treatment locally, and faithfully fulfill the role of the ‘4th hospital’ in the West Coast Belt region.”

Lee Kwang-hyung, President of KAIST, stated, “We will create synergy between KAIST’s biomedical, brain science, medical big data, and AI life science researchers and the world-class medical researchers at Seoul Asan Medical Center,” and added, “We will build Korea’s bio hub by creating a global biomedical ecosystem.”

Meanwhile, Hana Bank plans to form a consortium with Seoul Asan Medical Center, KAIST, KT&G, as well as top domestic companies in various fields such as HDC Hyundai Development Company, Woomi Construction, Dowoo C&D, and Actner Lab to build the 'Cheongna Medical Complex Town' with world-class competitiveness.

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