Asan Medical Center Ranked Leading in Korea

Asan Medical Center Ranked Leading in Korea

Middle East Medical Tourism Magazine

Seoul, South Korea

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With a total of 2,680 hospital beds, Asan Medical Center (AMC) is

one of the leading hospitals in Korea. Each day, approximately 11,000

outpatients and 2,700 inpatients receive treatment at Asan Medical

Center, ranking first among Korean hospitals in terms of hospital size

and patient volume. This further strengthens Asan Medical Center's

position as a top choice for patients in Korea. Performing

approximately 57,000 advanced surgeries annually, Asan Medical

Center has established itself as a leader in surgical procedures in

Korea, treating approximately ten major cancers locally, in addition to

organ transplants, and treating approximately 30 common diseases in

Korea. Asan Medical Center has achieved unprecedented global

standards in organ transplantation and cancer treatment. Asan Medical

Center has performed the largest number of advanced surgical

procedures worldwide, exceeding 2,000 laparoscopic gastric cancer

surgeries, 3,000 kidney transplants, and 3,000 liver donations and

LDLT liver transplants. The center has also achieved impressive

results in metrics such as surgical success rates. Winning the hearts of

patients of various nationalities and those suffering from various

diseases by providing world-class healthcare services, Asan Medical

Center (AMC) dispatched its distinguished liver transplant team to

Mongolia, a country with one of the highest rates of fatal liver disease

in the world, and successfully performed Mongolia's first living donor

liver transplant (LDLT). In order to provide world-class, patient-

centered care, Asan Medical Center (AMC) has established IGS (Asan

Global Standard), an internal model for achieving global standards

through the participation and commitment of all members of the

organization to the benefits of IGS (Asan Global Standard), and 152

rules in 14 categories organized by type of work, criteria, and job

titles. By strictly adhering to these rules, Asan Medical Center (AMC)

consistently improves and enhances its processes and provides

patients with the best and safest medical services possible.

By starting operations at the Asan Institute of Medical Sciences, a

leading force in biotechnology research and development, Asan

Medical Center (AMC) has secured strong competition in the global

biotechnology market, including the development of new drugs and

treatments. Meanwhile, Asan Medical Center (IMC) has built a

modern infrastructure for biomedical research and has secured future

achievements through collaborative research and training projects,

with an increasing number of collaborative partnerships with global

medical institutions, research centers, and pharmaceutical companies.

Among Asan Medical Center's partner institutions are the Harvard-

affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Imperial College London.

Asan Medical Center (IMC) aspires to transcend its position as

Korea's leading hospital and re-establish itself as one of the most

trusted hospitals globally. This is achieved by enhancing its

competitive advantage in the quality of its clinical services and

moving toward a win-win management approach through its

partnerships worldwide. Asan Medical Center's goal of pursuing

cutting-edge research is based on the organic relationship between

medicine and technology. Why is this relationship so important, and

how does Asan Medical Center (IMC) seek to achieve this? The Asan

Medical Center (AMC) R&D platform enables the immediate

implementation of cutting-edge laboratory discoveries, establishing

eight links between medicine and technology. The primary purpose of

this system is to advance research-based healthcare and promote

research products in the biomedical industry. Through the Center and

the Clinical Experimental Laboratory for Robotics, Asan Medical

Center (AMC) aims to immediately implement cutting-edge

laboratory discoveries in complex research. The Asan Medical Center

(AMC) Clinical Experimental Center is fully equipped with world-

class equipment and staff dedicated to advancing clinical research

through quality assurance, research support, and collaborative

activities with industry for biomedical innovations that benefit

patients. Through its "Global Center of Excellence," a locally

accredited center, the Asan Medical Center (AMC) Clinical

Experimental Center is taking a step toward becoming an

internationally recognized center of excellence in the field of

therapeutic testing. Asan Medical Center (AMC) is now developing

the latest medical robotics technologies for modern healthcare. Asan

Medical Center (AMC) launched its medical robotics technology in

February 2012, combining AMC's clinical expertise with Hyundai

Heavy Industries' (HHI) world-class robotics technology. Today, Asan

Medical Center (AMC) continues its search for the best future

treatment technologies.