SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people visiting Seoul hospitals that treat people with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has not fallen much, official data showed Friday. A 61-year-old man was diagnosed with the disease after returning home from his visit to Kuwait on Saturday. He was rushed to an emergency [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six in 10 South Koreans favor euthanasia for terminal patients when life support is deemed meaningless, a poll showed Friday. In the survey conducted by Seoul National University Hospital, 66.5 percent of 1,241 citizens said they are in favor of removing life support from patients when there [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this month, the government is expanding a trial run of allowing more medical institutions to join the hospice industry. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, 14 new hospice institutions providing either home or consultation hospice services were given [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that nearly half of South Koreans who suffer from heart attacks resulting from clogged or narrowed blood vessels were unable to quit smoking even after receiving medical treatment for their acute illness. The death rate for smokers with continuous smoking habits was 1.6-times greater [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A case against a former engineer who was punished for making a direct purchase of a medical equipment from overseas to help treat her young daughter suffering from diabetes was dropped by prosecutors. A new law is currently in the works to remove any legal ambiguity. Kim Kyung-jin, a [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The results of a new study show that cancer patients have a higher chance of contracting diabetes that non-patients. A joint team of researchers from the National Cancer Center and Samsung Medical Center revealed the results of the study today. A total of 500,000 samples were analyzed for the [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s major hospitals are serving special meals for foreign patients as a growing number are receiving treatment in the country, observers said Friday. Kyunghee University Hospital in Gangdong, southeastern Seoul, held a gathering Friday showcasing a different variety of meals for Russian patients that featured menus for diabetic [...]