Korea University Anam Hospital to Invest 120 Billion Won in Critical Care Expansion... Operating Rooms and ICU to Be Increased

Remodeling and Expansion Planned Over 36 Months
Establishment of Hybrid Operating Rooms and Smart Wards

Korea University Anam Hospital is investing 120 billion won to expand its infrastructure for the treatment of critically ill patients. The hospital aims to strengthen its acute and critical illness-centered care system in order to adapt to the structural transition toward becoming an advanced general hospital.

On the 19th, stakeholders are taking a commemorative photo at the ground-breaking ceremony for the 'Expansion of the Operating Rooms and Advanced Improvement of the Intensive Care Unit' held at Korea University College of Medicine in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul. Korea University Anam Hospital

On the 19th, Korea University Anam Hospital announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Expansion of Operating Rooms and Critical Care Unit Advancement Project at the central square of Korea University College of Medicine. The project, which will focus on remodeling the main building’s 1st and 2nd wards and expanding the surgical department, will be carried out over approximately 36 months. The remodeling will cover an area of 3,402 pyeong, and the expansion will add 2,077 pyeong.

The core objective is to strengthen critical care capabilities. Through ward remodeling, the hospital will add 32 intensive care unit (ICU) beds, 14 beds in the high-risk maternal intensive care unit, 5 emergency beds, and 19 isolation beds. Upon completion of the project, the ICU will have a total of 135 beds. The high-risk maternal intensive care unit will expand to 22 beds, the isolation unit to 34 beds, and the emergency unit to 35 beds.

The hospital also plans to make all ICU beds single-occupancy rooms, a measure designed to enhance infection control and individualized intensive care. In addition, the stroke intensive care unit, aseptic ward, and psychiatric ward will be reorganized.

Surgical infrastructure will also be expanded. The number of operating rooms will increase from the current 25 to 33. This expansion is aimed at boosting the hospital’s capacity to respond to emergency surgeries and high-difficulty critical surgeries, as well as reducing surgery wait times.

A new hybrid operating room will be established, equipped with imaging equipment such as CT scanners inside the operating suite, allowing surgery and procedures to be performed simultaneously. This is intended to strengthen the hospital’s ability to treat patients with cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, and severe trauma. The central supply room and radiology department will also be expanded.

The hospital will simultaneously introduce a smart hospital system. Existing multi-bed wards will be converted into smart wards, and a monitoring system will be introduced to integrate the management of patient safety data. In connection with the cloud-based Patient Hospital Information System (PHIS), medical staff will be able to monitor the status and safety information of all patients in the ward in real time.

Yoon Eulsik, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Director of the Medical Center, stated, "This project marks a crucial turning point in further advancing a patient-centered medical system, from diagnosis and surgery to critical care, recovery, and rehabilitation."

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