Seoul Asan Hospital Allocates Additional 350 Billion KRW Budget for Cheongna Medical Complex Town

Seoul Asan Medical Center, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, panoramic view

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Tae-min] Seoul Asan Medical Center announced on the 6th its continuous investment and regional community coexistence plan for the Cheongna Medical Complex Town.

Seoul Asan Medical Center, participating in the consortium selected as the operator of the Cheongna Medical Complex Town project, stated that it will inject an additional budget of approximately 350 billion KRW and expand the hospital scale from the initially required 500 beds to 800 beds. The Cheongna Medical Complex Town is a large-scale project to develop a site of 261,635㎡ in Cheongna International City, Seo-gu, Incheon, including a general hospital with more than 500 beds, medical bio-related industry-academia-research facilities, and business and commercial facilities.

In medical treatment, education, and research, the plan is to contribute to the development of the medical industry in the Incheon region by transferring the rotation system of medical staff, treatment processes, and nursing systems exactly as they are to secure global competitiveness beyond that of Seoul Asan Medical Center. During the hospital stabilization period, future-oriented advanced medical centers, education centers, and research centers will be established, and the introduction of a heavy ion therapy device will also be pursued. Additionally, medical profits generated from the Cheongna Medical Complex Town will be reinvested in medical and social welfare projects, and excess profits from the development process will be reinvested in expanding hospital facilities.

Seoul Asan Medical Center stated that it will actively work to build the Cheongna Medical Complex Town into a globally competitive medical complex town. It plans to establish a long-term transplant center and cerebrovascular center for specialized treatment of severe overseas patients and patients in the Incheon region, specialize an emergency medical center prepared for aircraft accidents, and create a simulation center to transfer Seoul Asan Medical Center’s clinical know-how to overseas and Incheon region medical staff. Furthermore, a cloud-based Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system will be established to communicate in real-time with overseas medical staff, enabling severe foreign patients who find treatment difficult in their home countries and enter Korea to receive one-stop medical care.

Moreover, Seoul Asan Medical Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) of Harvard Medical School in the United States, institutions with the best clinical and research infrastructure, plan to collaborate to build an industry-academia-research-hospital bio cluster.

A representative of Seoul Asan Medical Center said, “We plan to faithfully fulfill the role of the ‘4th hospital’ in the West Coast Belt region and ensure that severe patients domestically and internationally can receive safe treatment,” adding, “In particular, in preparation for the ultra-aged society, we will create an elderly-friendly medical environment so that elderly patients can receive treatment comfortably.”

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