Hallim University Sacred Heart Hospital Opens Intensive Care Unit...Strengthen specialization in treatment of seriously ill patients
May 26, 2025
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More than 30 people attended the opening ceremony, including Yoon Hee-sung, chairman of Ilsong Academy of School Corporation, Kim Yong-sun, director of Hallym University Medical Center, and Kim Hyung-soo, director of Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital.
Through the expansion of the intensive care unit, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital plans to proactively respond to the increase in elderly and severe patients and strengthen its medical capacity for severely ill patients in high-risk groups to the highest level in Korea. We have established an integrated treatment system for severely ill patients, focusing on the intensive care department newly established in April this year, and plan to continue to strengthen the foundation for increasing the continuity and concentration of treatment for severely ill patients.
The newly created internal medical intensive care unit was designed in consideration of the patient-centered treatment environment. The intensive care beds were increased from 69 beds to 92 beds, and 23 beds, including two negative pressure isolation beds, greatly improving the capacity to accommodate critical care patients in the internal medicine community, such as heart failure, respiratory failure, sepsis, acute renal failure, and hepatic coma. In addition, a high-performance HEPA filter ventilation system was established to strengthen the infection control system and widen the gap between beds to create a safe and pleasant treatment environment.
In addition, in order to prevent delirium of inpatients, the structure was changed to a structure capable of natural lighting and TVs were installed for each hospital bed. Natural light is known to help prevent delirium by affecting the maintenance of sensory stimulation by watching the patient's biorhythm.
It has also introduced a large number of state-of-the-art medical equipment for severely ill patients. It introduced equipment such as a state-of-the-art ventilator that visualizes the patient's respiratory condition and enables precise monitoring, a dialysis treatment device that effectively removes waste and inflammatory factors through extracorporeal circulation, and an ultrasound device that enables rapid diagnosis and treatment in hospital beds.
"This expansion of the intensive care unit goes beyond simply increasing the number of beds, and it has realized the quality improvement of the intensive care infrastructure. We will strive to become a leading case for medical institutions nationwide in the treatment of high-level intensive care patients through organic collaboration between advanced equipment and professional personnel," said Kim Hyung-soo, head of the hospital.
Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital is providing the nation's highest level of medical services for severely ill patients, such as being selected for the Ministry of Health and Welfare's restructuring support project for senior hospitals in October 2024. In April this year, the department of medicine for severe patients was launched to strengthen its expertise in treatment and research for severe patients. The regional emergency medical center has a hybrid operating room exclusively for emergency patients, allowing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, angiography, and ECMO treatment to be performed at the same time, and has been using the Brainsaver App for the first time in Korea to help with rapid evacuation and treatment of acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases since 2014.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
