37°29′17.4″N 127°5′7.7″E / 37.488167°N 127.085472°E
| Samsung Medical Center | |
| Hangul | 삼성의료원 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Samseong uiryowon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Samsŏng ryowŏn |
Samsung Medical Center (SMC; Korean: 삼성의료원) is a tertiary hospital located in Irwon-Dong of Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, South Korea. SMC is composed of Samsung Seoul Hospital, Kangbook Samsung Hospital, Samsung Changwon Hospital, and Samsung Life Sciences Research Center. SMC was founded on November 9, 1994.
In 2015, it had a capacity of 1,979 beds and treated 85,208 inpatients and 2,027,211 outpatients.[1]
In 2015, the hospital suffered an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome,[2] and was criticised for its poor handling of the incident.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Facts & Statistics - About SMC - Samsung Medical Center". 삼성서울병원. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- ^ "South Korea hospital 'is source of many Mers cases'". BBC News. 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- ^ "Samsung stigmatized with MERS". The Korea Times. 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2021-07-17.