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3-4 times more expensive at supreme general hospitals for minor diseases
It was observed getting a treatment for minor diseases at hospitals costs 3-4 times more than getting the same treatment at local clinics. The rate of sending back minor disease patients from supreme general hospitals...
Legal war for the sufferers of Dana Clinic crisis starts with submission of complaint
Followed by the application of the dispute settlement to the Korea Medical Dispute and Arbitration Agency, the sufferers from the so-called Dana Clinic crisis – mass infection of hepatitis C caused by injection reuses...
Avastin dilemma accusing normal ophthalmologists for criminals
‘Avastin(generic name: bevacizumab),’ which has been widely used without approval as the age-related macular degeneration treatment, has been in a dilemma.
Recently, an ophthalmologist who injected Avastin to treat m...
100% returns for the antismoking program from the New Year, if completing the program
Today, the support business of the National Health Insurance for antismoking treatment was revised. The government is planning to increase participation of people by returning 100% of patient-sharing expenses if a pat...
Drugs landed on large hospitals at the end of the year
Which were the lucky drugs that went cross the door of therapeutics committees at university hospitals on the last December in 2015?
On the 31st, Medipana News analyzed the list of pharmaceutical products which passe...
Superiority of domestic products in the domestic blood glucose monitoring system market
The size of the domestic blood glucose monitoring system market was observed to grow more than 16% for the past 5 years. In the domestic market, particularly, domestic products were used more than foreign ones.
Accor...
“2 of 3 cancer patients survive,” reaching 70% 5-year survival rate
2 of 3 Korean cancer patients survive, and the 5-year survival rate, the most critical moment of cancer, reached 70%.
Moreover, the chance of having cancer for the life time was close to 37%. More than 1 of 37 Korean...
‘Nokji International Hospital’ causes continuous controversy
As the establishment plan of Ssaneol Hospital got cancelled last year, the Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW), at the moment, was criticized by the National Assembly as delaying the report about the problem in the f...
Countries lacking in medical personnel begin to attract Korean doctors
It attracted attention of the industry as foreign employment agencies have actively started to attract Korean medical personnel due to high interests of medical institutions and medical personnel in foreign expansion....
Most pharmaceutical accident disputes by medical accident, focused on NSAIDs
It was observed medical disputes, which are often created by pharmaceutical accidents, are focused on oral medications and clinic-class medical institutions.
8 of 10 patients damaged by the accident applied a dispute...
