Soonchunhyang University Medical Center to Establish Next-Generation Advanced General Hospital in Dongtan 2 New Town

Aiming to Become the Ultimate Hub Hospital in Southern Metropolitan Seoul
A Two-Way Competition with Korea University Medical Center Consortium

Soonchunhyang University Hospital is taking on the challenge of building a next-generation tertiary general hospital in Dongtan 2 New Town, Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province.

Seo Yuseong, Director of Soonchunhyang University Central Medical Center

Soonchunhyang University Central Medical Center announced on the 3rd that it had submitted a business proposal for the "Dongtan 2 New Town General Hospital Attraction Package Development Project," for which applications closed on October 30, and has officially confirmed its plan to build a next-generation tertiary general hospital in the Dongtan area of Hwaseong.

For over 50 years, Soonchunhyang University Central Medical Center has operated four affiliated hospitals in Seoul, Bucheon, Cheonan, and Gumi, serving at the forefront of national healthcare response through regional emergency medical centers, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular centers, and COVID-19 base hospitals. The Dongtan project aims to establish the ultimate hub hospital in southern metropolitan Seoul, leveraging this experience and expertise.

The new hospital will specialize in oncology, cardiovascular, emergency, pediatrics, and women's medicine, and will establish advanced smart medical systems such as artificial intelligence (AI) and precision medicine to lead the future of healthcare. It also plans to operate a precision medicine research institute based on medical and big data, and to create healing spaces optimized for digital and smart environments. In particular, by linking the existing four affiliated hospitals with Dongtan, the center aims to complete a triangular system of healthcare, research, and education, and develop into an "AI Medical Learning City" where clinical care, research, and education are organically connected.

Seo Yuseong, Director of Soonchunhyang University Central Medical Center, stated, "Soonchunhyang's philosophy is not rapid expansion, but deep trust," adding, "The hospital we will build in Dongtan will not be just a building, but the 'heart of the city' that protects human lives and a new engine that will drive the future of Korean healthcare."

Meanwhile, this project, promoted by Hwaseong City and Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), is being carried out in the form of selling medical facility land and mixed-use residential-commercial land as a package to attract a large general hospital to the Hwaseong Dongtan 2 residential development district. Previously, both consortia of Soonchunhyang University Medical Center and Korea University Medical Center, which had submitted letters of intent to participate, submitted their business proposals, creating a two-way competition.

LH plans to hold an evaluation committee based on the submitted business proposals to assess the overall development plans, general hospital construction and operation plans, and project execution capabilities of the consortia, and to select a preferred negotiation partner within this month.

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