| What if a couple who has been waiting for
their baby after marriage is diagnosed with
infertility? It is not something anyone even
wants to imagine, but the reality is one out
of 7 couples is suffering from sterility.
Since the opening of the hospital in 1997,
Seoul Women’s Hospital has been operating
the infertility specialized center with
the medical staffs who have been successfully
performed 4,000 procedures of in-vitro
fertilization with a success in pregnancy
of 1,500 cases over the 10 years.
This reputation as the “first” in Gyeonggi
and Incheon provinces to succeed in in-vitro
fertilization has been possible thanks
to the numerous empirical cases based
on the advanced research facilities of
medical professionals and researchers.
Seoul Women’s Hospital established the
first infertility clinic with the clinical
staffs who performed the first in-vitro,
and the first in-vitro by the embryo transplantation
of blastocystic stage in Gyeonggi province.
It is also the first success in pregnancy
through microscopic sperm injection. Its
success history is parallel to the infertility
treatment of the province.
With such acknowledgment of the hospital’s
professionalism and representation as
the infertility specialty clinic, it was
registered as the embryo formation medical
institution under the Ministry of Health
and Welfare in 2005, and designated as
the registered hospital for the government’s
support program for the sterile couples
in 2006.
The Hospital pays a great deal of attention
to customer services for the sterile patients.
It reduced the visitations to half by
self-injection through the patient education
instead of being tested at the hospital
every other day for blood test and ultrasound
test. It also opens the night clinics
for patients who are working daytime.
The Seoul Women’s Hospital differentiates
in its services by providing the constant
medical support for patients who succeeded
in pregnancy unlike the other hospitals.
In conjunction of Gynecology and Infertility
Research Center, patients can be treated
by the same doctor after pregnancy.
Infertility is not considered the ‘destiny’
any more, it is something you can overcome
through professional assistance and systemic
treatments, and Seoul Women’s Hospital
is demonstrating it as fait accompli.
The operation of diagnostic system at the
SWH as the women specialty clinic is very
efficient and systemic. From pregnancy
to childbirth and postpartum care, and
neonate-infant health management, and
women’s health management during menopause,
the hospital provides the ‘one-stop’ diagnosis/treatment
system for women and family. It is specialized
into treatment areas such as infertility
research center, physical examination
center, neonate treatment center, and
postpartum management center. As the specialized
clinics within, it is further specialized
into laparoscopic clinic, urinary incontinence
clinic, mammary clinic, and endoscopic
clinic to enhance its professionalism
and competence.
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