| Opened in 1955 as the first university hospital in Incheon, The Catholic University of Korea Incheon St. Mary's Hospital contributes to promoting public health, treating the poor and improving the health and welfare of the community by offering medical services based on Jesus' love and respect for human life.
YongWook Kim, an obstetrician succeeded a scarless Gynecologic oncology surgery in February 2009, and uses laparoscope with single port when performing hysterectomy, myomectomy, endometriosis surgery, and salpingectomy.
He's opening and leading the world of scarless surgery by performing appendectomy and nephrectomy in the same way as well.
The hospital is leading painless and bloodless cancer therapy by adopting Tomotherapy, which is also known as the dream therapy. It was ranked highest in hospital accreditation programme by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, two years in a row. And it was selected as the only best hospital with good quality of five high-risk surgeries in Incheon-Bucheon area, by Health Insurance Review Agency. It also has good reputation of its experts in stroke and myocardial infarction treatments.
The hospital continues to fulfill its mission by providing the public cutting-edge facilities in accordance with its vision of providing world-class medical services based on a profound respect for human life. |
