SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Last month, the health ministry announced revisions to a bill to eradicate unethical medical practices in Korea, revoking medical licenses for up to a year if doctors engage in illicit activities. The revision included eight medical practices, including ghost surgery and reusing needles, but sparked controversy when induced abortion [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Pregnant women in Korea have grown more anxious than ever with widespread media coverage of toxic chemicals used in daily products, on top of deadly cases such as the Oxy humidifier sterilizer scandal. According to a survey study by obstetricians at Ewha Womans University Medical Center (Mok-dong), 99.2 percent [...]
CHEONGJU, South Korea, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Quadruplet pregnancies are extremely rare; in fact, the chances are only one in a million. Scientists say only 10 percent of all multiple births are made up of triplets, quadruplets, or more. Defeating all odds, quadruplets – two boys, two girls – were born Wednesday morning in [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Cheil General Hospital revealed Friday that it has signed an agreement with Al Garhoud Private Hospital in Dubai to open a local fertility clinic. Although the UAE has a long history of cooperation with Korean medical institutions, it’s the first time that the two countries collaborate in the field [...]