SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The top court on Thursday upheld lower courts’ acquittal of a head of a nursing hospital in a case involving the death of an elderly patient who committed suicide by jumping from his hospital room. The Supreme Court said it upheld not-guilty verdicts issued by an appeals court for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Civic activists, patient advocates and some ruling party lawmakers on Friday urged the National Assembly to speed up legislation on mandatory installation of surveillance cameras in hospital operating rooms to help prevent medical accidents. Activists from patient groups, bereaved families of medical malpractice victims and two lawmakers from the [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean woman in her 50s has received a lung transplant after the novel coronavirus ravaged her respiratory system, doctors said Thursday. Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital said a donor’s lungs were successfully transplanted to the severely ill COVID-19 patient on June 21. Her identity was withheld. The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Thursday reported the nation’s first death of a coronavirus patient, with the total number of confirmed cases surpassing 100. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said a 63-year-old man, who died on Wednesday morning at a hospital in the southeastern city of Cheongdo, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Letters handwritten by a patient suffering from a rare incurable disease have been processed, using artificial intelligence (AI) technology, to be used as a computer font. South Korea’s top portal operator, Naver Corp. announced on Monday that the font, titled ‘Let’s Walk Together’, will be available for free distribution. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of smokers who are diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases still cannot quit the habit, suggesting that follow-up care should include measures to help them stop smoking, a medical report said Thursday. The report, written by a joint team of South Korean medical staff from different institutions, said a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – No-shows, those that miss appointments without prior notice, can be particularly concerning for hospitals as they can take away treatment opportunities from other patients. According to a study by the Hyundai Research Institute, Korean hospitals and clinics experienced a no-show rate of 18 percent in 2015, which was the [...]