Sungjin Lee, Director of Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital: "Securing the Golden Time for Critical Patients... Laying the Foundation for an Advanced General Hospital"

Maximizing Critical Care Capabilities and Expanding Research-Oriented Infrastructure

Building a Distinct Identity as "A Hospital Where Patients Are Most Respected"

Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital has announced its ambition to become a next-generation advanced general hospital by strengthening its capabilities in critical patient care and research, as well as by innovating its patient-centered culture.

Sungjin Lee, Director of Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital. Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital

On April 1, Sungjin Lee, Director of Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, held a press conference at a restaurant in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, where he unveiled the hospital's new vision, "H³ (Happy Healing·Happy Hospital·Happy Horizon)," along with detailed implementation plans.

The top priority is to enhance the hospital's capacity for treating critically ill patients. Director Lee emphasized, "Focusing on high-risk, critical patient care is not optional but essential for the hospital's sustainability," adding, "We will strengthen our capabilities in cancer and critical patient care to lay the foundation for advancing as an advanced general hospital."

To that end, the hospital launched the "Critical Rapid Response Center" on March 10 and began full-scale operations. This center acts as a control tower, swiftly connecting critically ill or suspected critical patients referred from other medical institutions to specialized medical staff, ensuring that no patient misses the golden time for treatment. Director Lee expressed confidence, saying, "Securing the golden time is of utmost importance for critically ill patients," and added, "Through the Critical Rapid Response Center, we expect to provide more systematic and rapid treatment for critical cases."

The hospital is also accelerating efforts to strengthen its research capabilities. The plan is to transition from simple clinical research to gradually expanding preclinical research infrastructure, establishing itself as a research-focused hospital. Recently, Professor Kim Taehyung from the Department of Infectious Diseases was appointed as Vice Director of Research, and the hospital decided to concentrate its research efforts in advanced fields such as critical care, emergency medicine, artificial intelligence (AI), and big data.

The hospital also set the goal of making "a hospital where patients are most respected" a source of strong competitiveness. Director Lee said, "Beyond kindness, we will raise the standard for how patients are treated throughout our organizational culture, building unique values that other hospitals cannot easily emulate."

Director Lee further stated, "We will set ambitious goals but move forward step by step with a clear sense of direction," and added, "We will focus all our capabilities to ensure that Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital becomes a hospital trusted by patients, where staff feel proud, and that has a promising future."

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