South Korea
SNUH breaks ground on 800-bed Baegot Hospital in Siheung
SNUH breaks ground on 800-bed Baegot Hospital in Siheung
																					
							Its total project cost stands at approximately $410.6m (KRW587.2b).
						
					
					
				South Korea finalises first comprehensive organ donation plan
																					
							Key areas include expanding donor registration agencies to the public sector.
						
					
					
				Asan Medical Center’s AI model detects intestinal holes in newborns
																					
							The model achieved an external validation accuracy of 84.1%.
						
					
					
				South Korea selects 60 teaching hospitals for training programme
																					
							Funding varies from $21,679 (KRW30m) to $216,781 (KRW300m).
						
					
					
				South Korea’s MOHW holds on-site meeting on emergency care improvements
																					
							Planned reforms include developing a rapid transport–acceptance–transfer system.
						
					
					
				Seoul National University Hospital trials ‘ERAS’ in gastric cancer surgery
																					
							A randomised controlled clinical trial was conducted with 92 patients.
						
					
					
				Asan Medical Center opens hereditary and rare urologic cancer clinic
																					
							Key services include genetic counselling and specialised pathology.
						
					
					
				Asan Medical Center develops AI for real-time conference translation
																					
							The system is trained to recognise domain-specific terms in medicine and law.
						
					
					
				Korea University Medicine’s wireless system supports smart hospital push
																					
							The solution integrates real-time location systems.
						
					
					
				South Korea immunochemistry analyser market to grow 4% annually until 2036
																					
							One key driver is the shift toward high-precision diagnostic systems.
						
					
					
				Catholic Kwandong University Hospital to boost foreign patient care
																					
							The hospital has partnered with a subsidiary of Seegene Medical Foundation.
						
					
					
				SNUH automates health information tasks through RPA technology
																					
							About 11% of daily record management tasks were automated.
						
					
					
				SNUH completes full-scale hospital system migration in South Korea
																					
							About 30 core systems were migrated and virtualised.
						
					
					
				South Korean researchers develop PDT catheter for oesophageal cancer
																					
							The catheter features a stent directly coated with the photosensitiser Al-PcS4.
						
					
					
				Seoul National University Hospital opens R&D hub in Boston
																					
							The global centre also focuses on technology commercialisation.
						
					
					
				South Korea’s SNUH opens cloud-based centre for disaster recovery
																					
							The new facility is built with earthquake-resistant features.
						
					
					
				South Korea’s PCR systems market to grow at 4% CAGR through 2036
																					
							The adoption of these systems is expanding beyond infectious disease detection.