Samsung Medical Center
Samsung Medical Center (SMC) is a tertiary hospital located in Irwon-Dong of Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, South Korea. SMC is composed of Samsung Seoul Hospital, Kangbook Samsung Hospital, Samsung Changwon Hospital, and Samsung Life Sciences Research Center. SMC was founded on November 9, 1994.
| Samsung Medical Center | |
| Hangul | 삼성의료원 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Samseong uiryowon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Samsŏng ryowŏn |
In 2015, it had a capacity of 1,979 beds and treated 85,208 inpatients and 2,027,211 outpatients.[1]
In 2015, the hospital suffered an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome,[2] and was criticised for its poor handling of the incident.[3]
References
- "Facts & Statistics - About SMC - Samsung Medical Center". 삼성서울병원. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- "South Korea hospital 'is source of many Mers cases'". BBC News. 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- "Samsung stigmatized with MERS". koreatimes. 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
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