SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea saw a record number of foreign patients seeking medical care last year as the country’s healthcare institutions aggressively courted overseas visitors after Covid-19 border curbs were lifted. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said on April 29 that 605,768 foreign nationals received treatment at South Korean medical facilities [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) in South Korea recently reported a significant rise in the number of individuals seeking treatment for depression, surpassing one million in 2022. Looking back over the past five years, there has been a consistent increase in these numbers. Starting from 753,011 in [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreigners coming to South Korea for medical treatment is rapidly returning to pre-pandemic levels, data showed Monday. There were 248,000 non-resident foreign individuals who received medical treatment in South Korea last year, indicating a 70.1 percent increase from 2021 and 50 percent of the level reported [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost half of all adults in South Korea have failed to receive appropriate emergency medical treatment following the coronavirus outbreak. Seoul National University Hospital conducted a survey of 2,097 South Korean men and women, 39.6 percent of whom said they chose not to undergo proper emergency medical treatment following [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A clinical test has revealed that a smartphone application linked to a hospital used to manage daily habits helped to improve patients’ well-being. A team of doctors composed of Prof. Kim Jung-hun (otolaryngology), Prof. Jeong Se-yeong (family medicine), and Prof. Yu Su-yeong (medical information center) at the Seoul National [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of terminally ill patients have opted to forgo medical treatment that can prolong their lives since South Korea legalized the right for people to die with dignity, government data showed on Friday. The law took effect on Feb. 4, months after the National Assembly passed it late last [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Some 50,000 foreign laborers make their way to Korea each year in search of the “Korean Dream”, but a recent study revealed that these laborers, who are often exposed to substandard working and living conditions, have grown more vulnerable to tuberculosis than the general population. According to the Korean [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Five hospitals in Busan will be treating the less privileged for free, based on mileage points accumulated by Busan citizens. The city of Busan and Dongseo University have been operating a campaign since 2013 where participating citizens track their movements for 90 days and have their steps get converted into mileage [...]