SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Patients with severe illnesses, including cancer, gathered in front of Seoul National University Hospital on June 12 to urge doctors to immediately call off their planned indefinite strike starting on June 17, with some groups considering filing lawsuits against the striking physicians. At a news conference, the Korean Alliance for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency announced plans on February 12 to enhance its medical expense support program for low-income individuals battling rare diseases. Rare diseases are characterized as conditions affecting fewer than 20,000 individuals or those that are hard to diagnose due to the lack of precise data [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Concerns exist that individuals with mental disorders who choose to discontinue their treatment could experience worsened symptoms due to lack of attention and isolation from medical institutions, government, and local communities, resulting in a lack of social support. The individuals under the purview of the health authority’s case management [...]
JEJU, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant number of patients on the southern island of Jeju travel to other regions, including the Seoul metropolitan area, for medical treatment because the island lacks tertiary hospitals. An average of 14,200 Jeju residents per year underwent medical treatment on the mainland between 2012 and 2021, according to [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Emergency rooms at large hospitals in South Korea are bustling with an influx of patients exhibiting mild symptoms, data showed Monday. Preliminary data received by Rep. Jung Choun-sook of the main opposition Democratic Party from the National Medical Center reveals that the number of individuals who visited emergency medical [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans are experiencing panic attacks, particularly those in their 40s and 50s, the national health insurance operator said Thursday. Data compiled by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) showed that 200,540 individuals were treated for panic attacks in 2021, a 44.5 percent increase from [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the time taken to transport patients to the hospital following emergency calls has increased significantly. The National Fire Agency reported that its emergency rescue squad transported patients in 1.99 million cases last year, an increase of 7.3 percent from 2019. The duration [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The average amount of time taken for diagnosis of patients visiting hospitals and medical clinics was shorter than the amount of time spent waiting, a government report showed Sunday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted a survey of 16,466 people over 15 years of age, 55.1 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Koreans are contracting diabetes with the proliferation of obesity and an aging population, data showed Monday. The National Health Insurance Service reported that 3,564,059 people were diagnosed with diabetes last year, up 24.3 percent from 2017. The annual rate of increase was 5.6 percent. Sorted by age [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to 150,000 Koreans are now suffering from colorectal cancer. A majority of them are seniors, but there has been a significant increase among those in their 20s and 30s. The National Health Insurance Service reported that there were 148,410 people treated for colorectal cancer last year, up by [...]