Samcheok Medical Center to Relocate to New Building on March 20... Public Healthcare Significantly Enhanced with 250-Bed Capacity

Samcheok City Relocates Newly Built Samcheok Medical Center
Strengthening the Health Safety Net for Residents Expected

Samcheok Medical Center in Gangwon Province will relocate to a newly constructed building at 367-1 Jeongsang-dong (473 Osipcheon-ro) from March 20 to March 25 in order to improve the local public healthcare environment and modernize the healthcare system.

Exterior view of Samcheok Medical Center. Photo by Samcheok City

The hospital will gradually expand its capacity from the current 148 beds to 250 beds. The bed configuration will include 98 integrated nursing care service beds, 126 general beds, 10 intensive care unit beds, 10 hospice beds, and 6 isolation beds. In addition, 280 parking spaces have been secured to improve convenience for hospital users.

The relocation of the medical center will take place over five days, from 6:00 p.m. on March 20 to March 25. The emergency room relocation will be completed within 36 hours and will resume normal operations from March 22, while outpatient services will be available from March 23. Major facilities such as wards and operating rooms will also be relocated sequentially to minimize service disruptions.

To minimize inconvenience for citizens during the relocation period, Samcheok City has been operating an Emergency Medical Relocation Task Force from March 9 to March 25. The task force is responsible for managing patient transfers and discharge plans, monitoring emergency patient transportation, and maintaining cooperative systems with nearby hospitals, clinics, and related organizations to address potential service gaps.

In particular, to ensure patient safety during the relocation process, inpatients will be classified as mild, critical, or mobility-impaired patients and transferred in phases, while critical patients will be preemptively transferred to nearby hospitals in advance.

Furthermore, to reduce inconvenience for citizens seeking medical care, 50 local medical institutions and 27 pharmacies will remain in normal operation. The public health center will operate an emergency medical situation room to provide information on hospitals available for emergency patient transport and details about medical institutions.

An official from Samcheok City stated, "The relocation of the newly built Samcheok Medical Center is expected to greatly contribute to improving the health of citizens and enhancing local medical services," adding, "We will do our best to strengthen the health safety net for local residents."

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