Samsung Medical Center

About Samsung Medical Center

Samsung Medical Center is a leading multi-disciplinary hospital that dates back to 1994 and has been extensively working towards better patient care. It is renowned and well-established for its insightful vision. The hospital strives on “Happiness through Innovation.”

Samsung medical center has been titled the best global medicine complex in the Republic of Korea. With the ever-expanding infrastructure, the hospital also aims to set up a college for aspiring medical students and nurses.

On average, the Samsung Medical Center caters to 210 emergency patients per day. The hospital is huge enough to provide top-notch services to around 2000 patients at a time. The remarkably skilled doctors play an important part in the well-being of the hospital.

Samsung Medical Center in Seoul consists of a remarkable feature of integrating Digital Technology with Medical regimens.

Samsung Medical Center is affiliated with more than 150 hospitals, 2,520 cooperative treatment clinics, 4,294 SMC partner doctors, and 2,612 doctors using the Samsung referral system.

Why choose Samsung Medical Center?

At the Medical Center, we not only make sure the comfort of a patient’s physical health but also nurture them mentally. The administration has installed various utilities and invested wisely in the design of the infrastructure.

There are approximately 2300 sickbeds with an overall 90% cure rate. There are 70 doctors for Health Screening and Consultation alone.

These comprise of :

• 19 Gastroenterologist
• 22 Radiologist
• 4 Endocrinologists
• 5 Gynecologist
• 3 Cardiologist
• 3 Pulmonologist

With a philosophical approach of "contributing to the improvement of the nation's health through the best medical care, advanced medical research and technology, and contributing to the development of outstanding medical personnel." Samsung Hospital Korea Seoul has effectively blended and developed cutting-edge medical concepts, such as a patient-centered hospital and a high degree of patient satisfaction with medical services. Treatment and patient care are given by highly qualified medical personnel, and the hospital has implemented a communication system for preserving medical images (PACS), an automated logistics system, and other innovative systems.

Top-notch technology of hospital:

The use of top-class technology is something that attracts thousands of patients to hospitals for treatment and leads to a high success rate of diagnosis and treatment. Some of the innovative technologies present at the center are;

Gamma knife is a type of radiation therapy that employs computerized treatment planning software to assist physicians in precisely locating and heating small targets within the head and brain. The treatment gives high doses of radiation to the target area while avoiding the effect on surrounding tissues.

CAR T therapy: The hospital has state-of-the-art laboratories that employ cutting-edge scientific methods to change the t cells of patients. T cells are extracted from the blood of a patient. The gene for a particular receptor that attaches to a specific protein on the cancer cells of the patient is then introduced to T cells in the lab. These cells are subsequently replicated in the laboratory and used to treat a variety of malignancies.

Robotic-assisted surgery is a surgical method that uses a robotic system instead of a traditional open operation. The Samsung Hospital has three robots that can successfully do these surgeries with minimum incisions. These are carried out by a highly-skilled specialist who operates the gadget from a console.

Samsung Medical Center Milestones

• On the 20th of December in 2017, the hospital completed its 100,000th Lung Cancer Surgery.
• On the 14th of January in 2017, 3 robots were victoriously implanted at the hospital.
• The 2000th kidney transplant was completed on 13 August 2015.
• Successful transplantation of liver cells to a neonatal on 23rd December 2016.
• On 25th January 2016, Gamma knife treatment was installed.

For foreign outpatients, a segregated and streamlined platform is designed. Here the health care worker who had been a part of the system can refer their patients to the hospital. This way the treatment will continue from SMC under supervision.

Samsung medical center lays great emphasis on research along with introducing new and improved techniques for a variety of treatments. This makes sure that every patient is diagnosed early in their condition.

The chances of recovery increase exponentially. The introduction of fast and efficient methods assists the patient as well as the doctor to accommodate the right treatment.

Samsung Medical Center services for international patients

The hospital provides a myriad of facilities for both regional and international patients to make sure they have a highly comfortable stay. With highly equipped rooms there are facilities of hair salon, shop, electrical devices shop, and prayer room. For foreign patients, the hospital opened its international medical center just a year after its opening.

The center provides inpatient and outpatient treatment, as well as counseling and referrals to narrow specialists in the hospital's many disciplines. In addition, the center provides specialized clinics for the treatment of numerous disorders that are exclusively open to international patients.

Adults and children receive regular health care, as well as individualized wellness check-ups and emergency visits. Above all, the Samsung center for international patients tries to make staying in another country as easy as possible by providing translation services from and to English, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and Mongolian, as well as other services required for temporary residence in Korea, such as transportation and accommodation to patients.