Myongji Hospital opens rapid Covid-19 PCR test center As the nation confirms more than 200,000 Covid-19 infections per day, Myongji Hospital has opened a rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test center. According to the hospital, the test center, which started operation on Wednesday, will be open all year round from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. from Monday through Saturday and until 6:00 p.m. on Su..

Myongji Hospital transfers infectious disease responding know-how to foreign doctors Myongji Hospital said Wednesday that it would transfer know-how on responding to infectious diseases to medical professionals from developing countries. The hospital’s Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) Business Corps held a ceremony to welcome foreign medical workers enrolling at the “Lee Jong-wook Fellowshi..

Myongji Hospital speeds up moves toward biomedical hub hospital Myongji Hospital is accelerating its efforts to become a biomedical hub hospital by enhancing advanced research and development in partnership with Bionsystems, a bio-drug developer. Myongji Hospital President Kim Jin-goo (right) and Bionsystems CEO Kim Jong-yoon signed an agreement on conducting joint research and development at th..

Myongji Hospital builds Korea’s 1st all-around home treatment system to combat Omicron Myongji Hospital said it has become the first hospital in Korea to provide non-face-to-face, visiting simultaneously, and outpatient treatment for at-home Covid-19 patients, establishing a comprehensive home treatment system to combat the Omicron variant. Myongji Hospital's outpatient treatment center for at-h..

‘Sunlight can lower prostate cancer risk’ A research team at Myongji Hospital has confirmed that exposure to sunlight can reduce the incidence of prostate cancer. ​ The team, led by Professor Kim Hong-bae at the hospital, concluded so after conducting a meta-analysis on 30,000 prostate cancer patients by collecting 12 observational studies published from 2001 to 2016. The result confirmed that t..

Myongji Hospital, Singapore’s Raffles group to cooperate on ‘travel bubble’ Myongji Hospital signed a comprehensive "travel bubble" cooperation agreement with Singapore's Raffles Medical Group last Friday. Under the accord, the two hospitals plan to provide reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for people traveling between Korea and Singapore, actively respond to medical..

Myongji Hospital tops medical quality list for 2 consecutive years Myongji Hospital said it has obtained a Level 1 rating, the highest rating in the medical quality evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, for two years in a row. The hospital stressed that the feat is significant as it confirmed that it has maintained and provided high-quality medical services amid the Covid-1..

Myongji Hospital expands Covid-19 home care support to more cities Myongji Hospital said Monday that its Covid-19 home care support center is receiving requests for help from localities as the nation is experiencing a rapid increase in mild and asymptomatic Covid-19 patients under the “living-with-covid” system. Last Tuesday, the hospital in Goyang, a bed town just north of Seoul, opened a cente..

Myongji Hospital opens Covid-19 home care support center Myongji Hospital in Goyang, north of Seoul, opened a support center on Tuesday to provide home treatment support for up to 2,000 mild or moderate Covid-19 patients a day. The support center is equipped with an advanced system for managing at-home treatment patients based on the management know-how, protocol, and big data obtained since the..

Myongji Hospital's telemedicine service for overseas Koreans passes regulatory sandbox Myongji Hospital’s said Monday that its virtual care service, which aims to provide remote treatment for overseas citizens living abroad, has received approval from the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE)’s special review committee. Myongji Hospital's non-face-to-face medical treatment service for ..