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history

  • 2009

    2009. December
    18,000 accumulated cases of surgery
    2009. August
    100 accumulated cases of Gamma-knife treatment

  • 2008

    2008. December
    16,800 accumulated cases of surgery
    2008. October
    Starting The Forth Gamma-knife and Opening Gamma-knife Center
    2008. August
    Starting The Third Fraxel Laser
    2008. July.
    Starting Dual Source CT for Heart examination
    2008. January.
    Success in Heart-kidney double transplantation

  • 2007

    2007. Jun.
    Currently attending and providing 812 sickbeds.
    Jan.
    The first hematopoietic stem cell transplantation succeeded

  • 2006

    2006. Jun.
    Liver transplantation succeded.

  • 2005

    2005. Aug. 01
    The new building of Konkuk University Hospital opened.

  • 2002

    2002. Mar. 12
    The construction of a new Konkuk University Hospital (with 870 sickbeds) began in the southern tip of Konkuk University campus in Seoul.

  • ~1992

    1992. Jul. 10
    Permitted to increase the number of sickbeds by 183 (a total of 1,051 sickbeds).
    1990. Oct. 31
    Selected as a training institute for military doctors (interns and residents).
    1988. May 12
    Selected as an official hospital for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul; dispatched medical taskforces to the Olympics games.
    1987. Mar. 01
    Renovation and expansion completed (total building area = 7,257 square meters ; 250 sickbeds)
    1986. Mar. 01
    The first admission ceremony at the medical college (40 medical students)
    1982. Nov. 01
    Changed the institute¡¯s name to People¡¯s Hospital affiliated with Konkuk University and acquired the status of general hospital (with 85 sickbeds)
    1981. Jan. 09
    Acquired the permission to train interns.

  • ~1971

    1971. Aug.
    Completed the construction of the three-storey building (total building area = 1,320 square meters) at 27 Hwayang Dong, the current location of the hospital.
    1958. Oct. 01
    The hospital relocated to 97 Hwayang Dong.
    1949. May.
    Changed to the system as a public hospital affiliated with the school¡¯s foundation.
    1934. May.
    Changed the name to Sahoeyeong People¡¯s Hospital.
    1931. May. 12
    Opened as "Sahoeyeong" Medical Center at 67 Jong-ro 2-ga, Seoul.