SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of organ donors in South Korea is failing to keep up with demand from those in need of transplants, and an increasing number of individuals are dying before organs are secured for them. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said there were 39,261 individuals on the waiting [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of individuals with Parkinson’s disease in South Korea has been on a constant climb over the past five years. The National Health Insurance Service reported that the number of patients with Parkinson’s disease grew from 96,764 people in 2016 to 111,312 people in 2020, up by 15 [...]
SEOUL, March. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of individuals suffering from chronic renal failure is surging in South Korea. Chronic renal failure, if severe, may require kidney dialysis or even a kidney transplant. The National Health Insurance Service conducted a study on health insurance records for the period between 2016 and 2020, which showed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is being criticized for ordering the full transfer of patients struggling with severe symptoms from COVID-19 for longer than 20 days, a measure described by a number of healthcare workers as ineffective and inefficient. The Ministry of Health and Welfare ordered 210 long-term COVID-19 patients hospitalized in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Dialysis patients infected with COVID-19 are failing to receive treatment as they wait for hospital beds. Oh Hyeon-ju (alias), a 41-year-old office worker, said her father has been receiving dialysis treatment three times every week after he was diagnosed with kidney disorder in September of last year. When he [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1 million people have vowed not to receive life-sustaining treatment when they reach a terminal state of health, data showed Sunday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea National Institute for Bioethics Policy reported that as of October of this year, a total of 1,075,944 Koreans [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has taken a step further towards establishing a rapid COVID-19 treatment system in the pandemic era, with case numbers continuing to rise for the time being despite a successful vaccination drive, and with front-line health-care workers said to be on the brink of burnout. The Central Disaster [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that the vast majority of Koreans still think that it is important to control the number of COVID-19 patients despite the decline in the fatality rate resulting from the rollout of a national vaccination program. The Graduate School of Public Health at Seoul National University [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A study last year showed that men in their 30s comprise the majority of hair loss patients visiting hospitals. The National Health Insurance Service reported a 10 percent increase in the number of hair loss patients last year (233,000 patients), compared to 2016 (212,000 patients). Sorted by age, patients [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are reluctant to go to the hospital even if they’re sick, following the coronavirus outbreak, a survey showed Sunday. The Seoul Think Tank Alliance conducted three consecutive surveys last year of 2,483 Seoul residents. In the first round of surveys, 13.4 percent of [...]