SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has acquitted a surgeon of medical negligence in the death of a Hong Kong woman during a liposuction procedure, citing a lack of definitive causation. However, the court imposed a fine for unlawfully attracting foreign patients without proper registration. The Seoul Central District Court on Monday [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – An AI-based surgery assistant jointly developed by liposuction hospital 365mc and Microsoft Korea and christened M.A.I.L. System (Motion Capture and Artificial Intelligence assisted Liposuction System) was officially unveiled on September 12. As its name suggests, the system uses motion capture technology to record surgical procedures and stores them in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — For the past two months, Gangnam district has inspected around 50 cosmetic surgery facilities within its boundaries by sending out mystery shoppers. The aim of its covert operation was to “objectively measure the quality of the medical services offered and identify any problems and improve them in order to [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean woman in her 50s died on September 27 during abdominal liposuction operation at a cosmetic clinic, Nonhyun-dong in Gangnam district, Seoul. The woman showed a severe case of breathing problem in the middle of the operation before her death. According to the Gangnam Police Station in [...]