Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital's Top News This Year: 'Selected as Newsweek's World's Best Cancer Hospital'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital (Director Shin Myung-geun) selected "Newsweek World's Best Cancer Hospital Selection" as this year's top news.

On the 29th, according to Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital, the hospital recently conducted a survey on the "Top 10 News of Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital in 2021" through the internal communication network groupware targeting all employees.

As a result of the survey, the top news of the year was the announcement that the global current affairs weekly Newsweek selected the hospital as one of the "world’s best hospitals - Oncology."

Newsweek selected Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital as the "world’s best hospital for cancer treatment" for two consecutive years, and it is the only hospital outside the metropolitan area among the 13 domestic hospitals selected this year.

Next, the "Medical Asia 2021, 12th Korea Global Medical Service Cancer Center Division Grand Prize," hosted by media outlets from Korea, China, and Russia and sponsored by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and the Korea Tourism Organization, ranked second.

The third place was given to "the highest national health insurance coverage rate." Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital's health insurance coverage rate was 79.2%, significantly higher than the average of 65.1% among 41 advanced general hospitals nationwide. A higher coverage rate means that patients bear less medical expenses directly.

Following that, excellent medical capabilities such as "Gamma Knife surgery surpassing 5,000 cases... first in non-metropolitan areas" and "world's first presentation of treatment for intractable T-cell lymphoma" ranked fourth and fifth, respectively.

The 6th to 10th top news of Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital this year were selected in order as "Designation as the responsible medical institution for the Jeonnam region public health cooperation system," "Operation of rapid response team for immediate response to high-risk patients," "First grade in breast cancer (7 times) and stomach cancer (5 times) adequacy evaluation," "Attraction of advanced precision medical industrialization platform construction project," and "Revolutionary improvement of specimen testing automation system."

Yang Deok-hwan, Director of Planning at Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital (Professor of Hematology), said, "We selected the top 10 news to share the major achievements of over 1,700 hospital family members this year, to foster pride in excellent medical capabilities, and to pledge to lead cancer conquest and future medicine."

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