JEJU, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court on Tuesday ruled against the Jeju provincial government’s decision years ago to ban a for-profit hospital from treating domestic patients. The Jeju District Court said it is against the law for the Jeju government to permit the opening of the nation’s first for-profit hospital, called Greenland [...]
JEJU, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court on Wednesday reversed a local court’s approval of the Jeju provincial government’s revocation of the business license of what would have been the nation’s first for-profit hospital. The Jeju branch of the Gwangju High Court ordered the Jeju government to cancel its decision in 2019 to [...]
JEJU, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A court on the southern island of Jeju on Tuesday upheld the local government’s revocation of the business license of what would have been the nation’s first for-profit hospital. The operator of the Greenland International Medical Center, owned by a Chinese real estate developer, filed a lawsuit in May 2019 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju provincial government on Wednesday nullified the business license of a Chinese-owned medical center as South Korea’s first for-profit hospital as it missed the deadline for the launch of its operation. The Shanghai-based Greenland Group recently requested an extension of the March 4 deadline for the opening of [...]
JEJU, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The government of Jeju Province said Monday it will take steps to nullify its conditional approval of a Chinese-owned medical center as South Korea’s first for-profit hospital. The Shanghai-based Greenland Group recently requested the extension of the March 4 deadline for the opening of the Greenland International Medical Center [...]
JEJU, Dec. 7. (Korea Bizwire) — The Greenland International Medical Center, conditionally approved earlier this week as South Korea’s first for-profit hospital, has expressed an intent to take legal action over the Jeju provincial government’s decision to ban South Korean patients from using the hospital, officials said Friday. Gov. Won Hee-ryong of the Jeju Special [...]
JEJU, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first for-profit hospital received the final approval from the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province on Wednesday, putting an end to 16 years of controversy over the introduction of investor-owned medical institutions. Jeju Gov. Won Hee-ryong announced the approval of the Greenland International Hospital as a for-profit hospital on [...]