SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Civic and labor groups on Monday urged the government to mobilize more beds and medical personnel from large private hospitals to cope with the worsening hospital bed shortage caused by a recent surge in coronavirus infections. Public hospitals have received most local COVID-19 patients but have now reached the [...]
SUWON, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung said Sunday that he will seek an emergency measure to mobilize a private university dormitory to accommodate new coronavirus patients. In a tweet, Lee announced his first such plan to mobilize a private facility to tackle the public health care crisis, as the province [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that the severity of cancer at the time of initial diagnosis differs by the patient’s income. All.Can Korea, a civic group devoted to tackling inefficient environments for treating cancer, conducted a survey of 495 cancer patients, 38.1 percent of whom had their first tumor discovered [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — People always hesitate with the question of whether to tell their families and loved ones about their medical results, especially if it has to do with cancer, Parkinson’s disease, or Alzheimer’s disease. The results of a recent survey showed that a majority of people, including doctors, want to tell [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency announced Thursday that new guidelines on treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients have been published. The guide includes eight recommendations for the healthcare workers, caretakers, and other related personnel. On the patient’s right to health, the guide proclaims that all patients have [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — With the end of the coronavirus pandemic still a distant hope, a recent study has reported that 5 in 100 South Koreans are suffering from depression. A research team from Seoul’s Asan Medical Center said Monday the study results of a big data analysis of 1 million patients compiled [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of five South Koreans has turned out to be suffering from the visual display terminal (VDT) syndrome due to the spread of so-called ‘untact’ or contactless culture resulting from the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. VDT syndrome refers to pain in the neck and shoulders and fatigued eyes resulting [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has shown that the people with diabetes for longer periods of time have a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Rhee Sang-youl, a professor at Kyung Hee University Hospital, revealed on Thursday that this fact was confirmed after analyzing the correlation between the duration of diabetes [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health authorities said Wednesday that up to 40 percent of coronavirus patients were symptom-free, indicating that people can contract the virus unwittingly and the country’s virus fight may be tougher than expected. Asymptomatic, “silent” virus spreaders have been one of the key challenges for health authorities in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A military hospital near Seoul will begin accepting more civilian coronavirus patients this week following a recent spike in the number of infections in the capital area, the medical command said Monday. At the request of the health authorities, the Armed Forces Capital Hospital in Seongnam, south of Seoul, [...]