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What is the reason of crossing judgments about prescription permission of natural pharmaceutical products for oriental doctors?
“Natural pharmaceutical products, herbal medicines produced by principles of western medical science, not oriental medicine, cannot be prescribed by oriental doctors.”
The Seoul High Court ruled the second trial deci...
“I concern that Nominee Jin-yup Jung may become a leader of medical commercialization”
At a confirmation hearing, the opposition party is expected to intensively review suspicion that Jin-yup Jung, a nominee for the Minister of Health and Welfare, has taken the ‘pre-medical commercialization, post-publi...
The healthcare industry practically declared the end of MERS
While there has been no additional MERS patient occurred for 22 days, the healthcare industry practically declared the end of MERS.
The Korean Medical Association(President Moo-jin Choo), the Korean Hospital Associat...
The Korean first success of replacing the pelvic bone using 3D printing technology
A team, led by Professor Dong-ah Shin, a neurosurgeon from Severance Hospital, has recently announced the success in an operation to replace pelvic bone by manufacturing the patient-tailored pelvic bone(sacral vertebr...
The National Health Insurance Corporation re-attempted the adoption of IC Card, a possible way to prevent the 2nd MERS crisis
“If electronic health insurance cards(IC Card) are adopted, it would be unnecessary to renew health insurance on paper every year and the theft problem of health insurance cards and the repetition treatment problem wo...
Active discussions regarding countermeasures of the MERS end
While the crisis of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome(MERS), which has swept the nation, is coming to an end, a place was prepared to discuss methods to prevent the second MERS which may occur in the future.
Using the...
The Korean Medical Association declared rejection of the discussion of categorizing a part of medical devices to wellness products
When it comes to the policy of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety to relax a restriction by categorizing a part of medical devices as ‘Wellness Product,’ the Korean Medical Association declared rejection of discussi...
Will the private ward expansion of supreme general hospitals be nullified?
In order to stop the use of premium wards which does not want patients, the ‘Expansion of Public Wards in Superior General Hospital’ bill pushed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare has a high chance to be nullified....
The financial authorities stated “Financial and tax support will be made for MERS-damaged medical institutions”
The Korean Medical Association, which has put omnidirectional effort to compensate medical personnel and institutions for damages created by the MERS crisis, has asked the financial authorities rapid support of the fi...
70% of diabetes patients delays treatment due to fear of injection needle
It is surveyed that almost 70.3% of diabetes patients have suitable treatment moments by resistance to injections despite recommendations of doctors. It is observed that it takes averagely 5.9 months for the patients ...
