Incheon Himchan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare's Comprehensive Second General Hospital...Recognition of essential medical competencies
Jul 08, 2025
Incheon Himchan General Hospital (Hospital Director Kim Bong-ok) was recently selected by the Ministry of Health and Welfare as 'Comprehensive Secondary General Hospital'. With this selection, residents in Incheon, including Namdong-gu and Yeonsu-gu, can use comprehensive medical services for various diseases and symptoms more stably.
'Comprehensive Secondary General Hospital' is a hospital that plays a pivotal role in stably connecting the local medical delivery system between clinics (1st) and senior general hospitals (3rd). Through this system, the Ministry of Health and Welfare selects a general hospital that can solve most medical problems in the region and systematically strengthens its function as a regional base hospital.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare applied the criteria such as ▲ designation of local emergency medical institutions ▲ certification of acute medical institutions ▲ availability of more than 350 surgeries and procedures per year, and selected a comprehensive secondary general hospital after strict deliberation.
Incheon Himchan General Hospital is a ▲ local emergency medical institution (6 emergency medical specialists) and has responded to local medical needs as a general hospital with various specialized medical departments such as ▲ internal medicine (digestive, circulatory, kidney, respiratory, endocrine), orthopedic, neurosurgery, surgery, urology, neurology, pediatric and gynecology. With the selection of this comprehensive secondary general hospital, it is expected that it will receive administrative and financial support from the government in the future, further strengthening its role as a central hospital in the regional essential medical system.
Kim Bong-ok, head of Incheon Himchan General Hospital, said "As a base hospital responsible for emergency patients and intensive care patients in southern Incheon, we will do our best to provide high-quality medical services to local residents by establishing a patient-centered treatment system and an emergency medical response system."
'Comprehensive Secondary General Hospital' is a hospital that plays a pivotal role in stably connecting the local medical delivery system between clinics (1st) and senior general hospitals (3rd). Through this system, the Ministry of Health and Welfare selects a general hospital that can solve most medical problems in the region and systematically strengthens its function as a regional base hospital.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare applied the criteria such as ▲ designation of local emergency medical institutions ▲ certification of acute medical institutions ▲ availability of more than 350 surgeries and procedures per year, and selected a comprehensive secondary general hospital after strict deliberation.
Incheon Himchan General Hospital is a ▲ local emergency medical institution (6 emergency medical specialists) and has responded to local medical needs as a general hospital with various specialized medical departments such as ▲ internal medicine (digestive, circulatory, kidney, respiratory, endocrine), orthopedic, neurosurgery, surgery, urology, neurology, pediatric and gynecology. With the selection of this comprehensive secondary general hospital, it is expected that it will receive administrative and financial support from the government in the future, further strengthening its role as a central hospital in the regional essential medical system.
Kim Bong-ok, head of Incheon Himchan General Hospital, said "As a base hospital responsible for emergency patients and intensive care patients in southern Incheon, we will do our best to provide high-quality medical services to local residents by establishing a patient-centered treatment system and an emergency medical response system."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
