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Clinic Review
The KUIMS Medical Center is a multispecialty medical institution, the first clinic of which was founded more than 45 years ago in Seoul, South Korea.
The KUIMS clinic is designed for 800 beds and accepts for treatment 15 000 foreign patients per year. The clinic is equipped with modern technology, and the operating rooms meet the highest world standards.
30 specialized centers offer a wide range of procedures. Among the departments of the clinic there are departments of cardiology, bariatric surgery, gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecology, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, oncology and rheumatology.
In KUIMS, all medical technologies are concentrated in one place, which greatly facilitates the patient's treatment process.
The KUIMS structure includes the Kyung Hee Medical Center, Kyung Hee University Hospital in Gangdong (dental clinic, orthopedic clinic, oriental medicine center, spine center, stroke center) and research centers.
CLINIC KYUNG-HEE MEDICAL CENTER KUIMS
Center Kyung-hee was founded in 1971. Today, many latest medical technologies are available in this center, such as robotic surgical techniques. The staff of the center employs 2,500 employees, including 266 highly qualified doctors. Annually, 1.5 million patients are treated here, of which 15,000 are foreign citizens. The KUIMS is the first university clinic that has a unique treatment system combining dental, western, eastern and eastern-western medicine.
KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AT GANGDONG
The Kyung hee University Hospital Gangdong is an innovative medical facility consisting of a western medical school hospital, a school of eastern medicine and a dentistry clinic. In the Kyung hee clinic, state-of-the-art technology is available: EMR, 3.0-Tesla MRI, 64-slice CT, robotic technology, and RapidArc (cancer treatment equipment). The clinic is a paperless medical facility where all information is stored and transmitted digitally.
PECULIARITIES OF KUIMS MEDICAL CENTER
The main feature of the KUIMS medical center is its convenience for foreign patients. Every year more than half a million people are treated here, including about 15 000 patients from abroad. Most of the specialists in KUIMS speak English. Moreover, a special coordination unit has been established in the medical facility, where doctors, nurses and interpreters fulfill the requirements of international patients. Service in English, Russian, Chinese and Japanese are provided here as well.
The coordination unit of the center has been repeatedly awarded with various awards for the high quality services given to foreign patients. Among them are the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare Award "For the Globalization of Medical Services", a gratitude letter "For Contribution in Medical Tourism", the "For the contribution to the development of medical services among foreign patients" award from the Korea Medical Development Institute and others.
For the convenience of foreign patients, a unique Fast Track system has been developed that gives foreign patients priority in the process of passing the diagnosis, receiving specialist advice and therapy in any department of the medical center. This system helps to save time and money for patients, shortening the period of stay in the clinic.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF KUIMS MEDICAL CENTER FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS:
- 2008 - The first successful APOLT operation in the world (auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation);
- 2008 - KUIMS is recognized by the medical institution with the largest number of successfully performed complex surgical operations;
- 2008 - KUIMS is recognized as the best center for stroke treatment;
- 2010 - High-tech radiation equipment for RapidArc cancer treatment purchased;
- 2011 - The certificate of the medical institution, funded by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Korea;
- 2011 - A partnership agreement was signed with the Stanford Hospital in the USA;
- 2011 - Multidisciplinary Cancer Center at the University Hospital was established;
- 2012 - Fast Track launched;
- 2013, 2014 - Received the award from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Korea.
Features of the Clinic
TREATMENT OF CANCER IN KUIMS
To conduct an accurate diagnosis in the early stages the Oncocenter has modern diagnostic devices such as: ultrasound, MRI 3.0 Tesla, 64-slice CT, PET-CT.
The Cancer Center of the GANGDONG Kyung Hee University Hospital treats the eight most common cancers: stomach cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, liver cancer and prostate cancer.
Here, the latest methods of diagnostics, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy are used.
The RapidArc radiotherapy unit is installed in the Cancer Center under visual control with intensity modulation (IGRT / IMRT technology), which rotates 360 to accurately irradiate the tumor without affecting healthy tissues. At the same time, the therapy time is reduced by 80%.
The clinic has the ultra-precise robotic surgery with the help of the Da Vinci Robot system. Specialists from all related fields of medicine work closely with each other to treat and provide comprehensive care to cancer patients.
The Cancer Center of the University Hospital in Gangdong, also provides the lowest prices for procedures of diagnostics and therapy of cancer among Korean clinics.
ORTHOPEDICS IN KUIMS
The Orthopedics center offers diagnostics, surgical operations and rehabilitation of patients with diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system. The KUIMS has proved to be one of the best in Korean medicine for its outstanding achievements in the field of traditional orthopedics and innovative technologies. Every year, there are about 300 operations performed to replace the hip joint, up to 200 operations for knee replacement and more than 550 complex operations on the spine.
DENTISTRY IN KUIMS
In the dentistry department, procedures such as dental nerve therapy, caries treatment, autotransplantation of teeth, operations under a microscope, bleaching and aesthetic dentistry are available. Modern methods of orthodontics such as surgical methods for adjusting the asymmetry of the jaws, lingual and transparent braces and orthopedics of the mandibular joint. The department successfully carries out implantation and prosthetics procedures using modern materials. Maxillofacial surgery of high level is also available.
ORIENTAL MEDICINE
Holistic treatment are available for chronic conditions such as detoxification therapies,weight loss procedures, immune system disorders, chronic pain. People with chronic fatigue and digestive tract issue can be cured on this unit.
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