Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital Marks 4th Anniversary... Realizing a Community-Focused, Accessible Hospital

Focusing on Critical and Emergency Care Capabilities
Growing Together with the Local Community

Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital, the largest hospital in northeastern Gyeonggi Province, led by Director Song Hyun, celebrated its fourth anniversary on April 23, 2025.

Exterior view of Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital. Provided by Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital.

Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital began its first treatments on March 29, 2021, with 902 beds. Over the past four years, it has established a new medical culture based on advanced infrastructure and specialist-centered care, positioning itself as an open hospital that proactively approaches patients, lowers barriers to access, and partners with the local community.

Reflecting the region’s high proportion of elderly residents and the prevalence of chronic degenerative and metabolic diseases, the hospital has subdivided its specialty centers and developed tailored treatment processes to ensure that patients can receive care comfortably at any time.

To prevent medical service gaps, the hospital has expanded its weekend clinics. In the case of cancer, it is now standard practice to perform surgery within seven days of diagnosis.

By performing complex surgeries for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases?procedures previously considered possible only at major hospitals in Seoul?the hospital has established the perception that emergency conditions can be adequately treated within the region.

In particular, the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery has steadily expanded both the age range and disease spectrum of its surgeries, from patent ductus arteriosus ligation in newborns just 15 days old to aortic replacement for aortic dissection in patients as old as 90 years.

The hospital has also established a Department of Critical Care Medicine, continuously reinforcing its medical staff and introducing a new paradigm for managing severe cases in the regional medical community.

The Department of Critical Care Medicine has built an independent treatment system dedicated solely to intensive care, particularly as the number of elderly surgical patients and severe cardio-cerebrovascular cases increases. This has strengthened both the expertise and continuity of critical care services.

By focusing its capabilities on severe and emergency conditions, Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital has achieved remarkable results, including the opening of the only Ministry of Health and Welfare-designated Regional Cardio-Cerebrovascular Disease Center in northeastern Gyeonggi Province earlier this year, designation as a regional emergency medical center in northern Gyeonggi, and receiving an A grade in emergency medical institution evaluations.

Song Hyun, Director of Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital (Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery), is performing coronary artery bypass surgery. Provided by Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital

Recently, the hospital achieved 1,000 cases of robotic surgery, which supports rapid patient recovery through minimally invasive and highly precise procedures.

The range of diseases treated with robotic surgery is steadily expanding, currently including major cancers such as prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, gynecologic cancer, kidney cancer, stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, and biliary tract and gallbladder cancer, as well as uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, mediastinal tumors, esophageal rupture, and more.

Director Song Hyun stated, "Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital is realizing a hospital with low barriers to access and growing together with the local community, always putting patients first." He added, "I would like to express my gratitude to the patients who have placed their trust in us over the past four years and to the staff who have devoted themselves in their respective roles."

Director Song further commented, "Reflecting on our journey to provide a better medical environment, we are committed to making even greater strides forward."

Meanwhile, Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital was built on a 120,000-square-meter site at Camp Essayons, a returned U.S. military base in Geumo-dong, Uijeongbu. The facility comprises five underground floors, fifteen above-ground floors, and a total floor area of 174,716 square meters.

This was the first case in Korea where large-scale private capital was invested in a returned U.S. military base, and, as the largest hospital in northern Gyeonggi, it attracted considerable attention even before its opening.

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