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“The recruitment for Ebola doctors and nurses will begin this week”
On the beginning of the coming November, the Korean medical manpower is expected to be dispatched in Ebola-stricken areas. The government planned to recruit dispatched medical manpower, such as infectious disease spec...
“Are citizens lab rats? We’ll fight until the end.”
In order to resist on the telemedicine system, doctors from all over the country gathered up.
Korea Doctors Association (president Joong-il Kim/hereinafter referring to KDA) held the starting ceremony of ‘Emergency P...
‘Frustration’ of doctors seeing the beneficial restriction over Umckamin SyrupWhile pharmaceutical companies are opposing to the beneficial restriction of an antitussive expectorant, Umckamin Syrup, clinical institutions has also criticized about the issu...
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It costs KRW 200 million to purchase hepatitis C medicines for full recover
As new drugs came out for hepatitis B and hepatitis C, which are the main factors of liver diseases, such as cirrhosis and live cancer, patients can enjoy effects of the treatments helping them recover completely.
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Market shares of clinics’ medical expenses has been ‘falling down’
It was shown that market shares of clinics’ medical expenses has decreased for the past 10 years, and particularly the size of clinics’ outpatients medical expenses has been diminished.
According to the analysis resu...
Last year’s number of doctors exceeds 90.000 that increased 4.6% compared to the previous year
The total number of doctors was estimated to exceed 90,000 across the nation last year.
The 2013 Statistical Yearbook of Health Insurance was released by the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service and the Natio...
The number of dementia patients across the nation reported as 405,000 which increased by 87.2% for the past four years
Patients with ‘dementia,’ a typical aging disease, have increased by 87.2% for the past four years, an annual growth rate of 17%.
Especially, women with dementia are 2.5 times more than men; while, women aged over 70...
2 times of Cervarix has the better vaccination efficiency than 3 times of Gardasil
In the case of vaccination for the same age group, the clinical studies concluded that 2 times of Cervarix has the better vaccination efficiency than 3 times of Gardasil.
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Kwon Dukchul, the head of department of the office of Healthcare Policy in MOHW, said “There is no reason to worry Telemedicine.”
Kwon DukChul, the head of department of the Office of Healthcare Policy in the Ministry of Health and Welfare, presented optimistic forecasts for the pilot project of remote monitoring that is going to start from the...
3 out of 100 adults could not get a medical consultation at the hospital or the clinic due to ‘financial reason’
It was revealed that 3 out of 100 adults could not get a medical consultation at the hospital or the clinic and that 1 out of 10 people could not get the dental service for financial reasons.
According to the first y...
