Umi Construction Joins Seoul Asan Hospital Consortium to Develop Cheongna Medical Complex Town

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Tae-min] Umi Construction announced on the 15th that it has formed a consortium with Seoul Asan Medical Center, Hana Bank, KAIST, KT&G, HDC Hyundai Development Company, Dow C&D, and Actner Lab to build the Cheongna Medical Complex Town.

The Cheongna Medical Complex Town is a medical bio-complex town to be established in the Cheongna International City of the Incheon Free Economic Zone. The Seoul Asan Medical Center consortium submitted a business proposal on the 28th of last month that includes world-class hospital operations and advanced smart education systems, as well as competitiveness in medical bio research in collaboration with KAIST.

This consortium plans to establish ‘Seoul Asan Medical Center Cheongna’ for the treatment of patients with severe diseases, the ‘Life Science Park’ serving as an R&D hub within the medical complex town centered on KAIST, and a ‘state-of-the-art smart education center’ related to medical and bio industries.

Seoul Asan Medical Center Cheongna will maintain world-class competitiveness and promote coexistence with regional general hospitals by deploying medical staff at the level of the main hospital and plans to introduce a heavy ion accelerator, a cancer treatment device.

The state-of-the-art smart education center will serve as a ‘global education hub,’ consisting of a simulation center, virtual center, overseas patient education center, and robotic surgery education center, transferring Seoul Asan Medical Center’s medical know-how recognized worldwide to domestic and international medical staff.

The Life Science Park plans to create a global biomedical ecosystem centered on KAIST’s medical and life science researchers in biomedical, neuroscience, medical big data, and AI fields.

Hana Bank will participate in business and financial structure planning, providing stable funding through financial mediation and the role of financial investors. Additionally, Hana Bank plans to relocate the Hana Financial Group headquarters to the Cheongna area at the group level, moving about 2,800 employees from five companies, including the headquarters. The construction of the headquarters building will involve an investment of 560 billion KRW.

A representative of the Seoul Asan Medical Center consortium said, “We will build Korea’s top medical complex town through close collaboration with globally competitive institutions,” adding, “We will develop the Cheongna Medical Complex Town into a landmark of Incheon by providing advanced medical know-how to the world as well as treating high-difficulty overseas severe patients.”

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