Very satisfied with the visit to the clinic, from the international department to the clinics to the staff, excellent team work Очень довольны визитом в клинику, от международного отдела в клиники до персонала, отличная командная работа












Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong (KUIMS)
86 % patients recommend
2  hospital accreditations of quality
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Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, also known as KUIMS, is a multidisciplinary medical facility in Seoul (capital of South Korea).
KUIMS is a first and only global center that combines different medical approaches in one facility — international medicine with the traditional one.
Oncology, medical check-ups, orthopedics, and dentistry are the leading specialties at Kyung Hee University Medical Center.
The center is a medical partner of the FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan and is recognized as an outstanding facility by WHO and UNICEF.
1,500,000 patient visit KUIMS annually.
Date of content creation: 01.02.2017 · Last update: 14.09.2020
Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong (Seoul) was founded in 1971. KUIMS is the first Korean university hospital united integrated treatment centers of Internal Medicine, Surgery, Traditional Korean Medicine and Dental Medicine in one hospital.
International Medical Association (KMMA/KIMA) has recognized KUIMS as the leading hospital in South Korea for medical tourism.
Leading specialties at Kyung Hee University Medical Center
BENEFITS OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
- Fast Track system. The Fast Track system is a service that guarantees the priority for international patients during diagnosis, consultation, and treatment. Kyung Hee University Hospital is the first facility in South Korea to use this systematic approach. Fast Track system allows foreign patients avoiding queues, saving a lot of time and money during treatments.
- Innovative technologies. KUIMS doctors use innovative radiotherapeutic devices (RapidArc and Gamma Knife), an advanced robotic system (Da Vinci XI), non-surgical orthopedic therapy (Invossa K injection).
- Lower prices. Specialists of Kyung Hee University Hospital carry out diagnostic tests and treatments cheaper than in other Korean hospitals.
Kyung Hee University Medical Center in figures
CHECK-UPS IN KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AT GANGDONG
A medical check-up is one of the leading specialties at KUIMS. The center has received an award as the best one for health screening in the world by Bookimed. The award winners have been chosen according to the patients' reviews, medical service quality, and treatment success index.
KUIMS doctors provide Smart Check-Up, a diagnostic approach when a patient undergoes tests appropriate for their health condition, sex, age, and other personal characteristics.
- Basic and Premium check-up programs at KUIMS Medical Center include body composition analysis, all necessary lab tests, and examinations of eyes, heart, lungs, endocrine system, digestive organs, and some other specific tests. Premium screening contains more diagnostic tests than the Basic one to explore the patient's condition in more details.
- Intensive screening program involves exams of major organs for early detection of possible diseases according to personal lifestyle and family history. This check-up is divided into 2 types according to the patient's sex — male and female.
- Cancer check-up package in Kyung Hee University Hospital consists of diagnostic procedures to detect or prevent cancers.
- Overnight program combines overall in-depth examinations while a patient sleeps in the KUIMS VIP suite. This package is particularly important for people with neurological diseases (especially, for epilepsy).
- Special screening pack includes only specific procedures according to the patient's age. It is the most proper diagnostic option before marriage and for children (3-aged and over) or adolescents (13-aged and over). The program is helpful for the early detection and prevention of diseases.
- Set program at Kyung Hee Medical Center is a combination of customized tests and additional examinations to adjust individual needs.
Check-up Center at KUIMS Medical Center
ONCOLOGY AT KUIMS
KUIMS is among the best Korean clinics specializing in the treatment of stomach, liver, colorectal, pancreatic, breast, lung, brain, gynecological, prostate cancers, lymphomas, and blood malignant disorders as well.
Treatment of digestive organs tumors is a leading specialty at KUIMS Oncology Center. The Endoscopy Department is the best in the country according to the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Doctors here prefer conducting minimally invasive interventions that reduce the risk of complications and speed up recovery period after surgery.
➤ Radiotherapy Center
Oncologists at KUIMS Medical Center carry out radiological therapy with RapidArc — a new type of radio technology. Doctors use this device to destroy 2.5-5 mm tumors (size of a pencil tip).
RapidArc works with intensity modulation (IGRT / IMRT technologies) and visual control. It makes therapy more precise than traditional radiotherapy and accelerates the patient's recovery period.
Pros of RapidArc:
- reduces treatment period by 80%
- is cheaper than traditional radiotherapy.
➤ Gamma Knife Center
Gamma Knife is the most innovative radiation treatment for tumors of small or medium size in children and adults. KUIMS doctors use Perfection Leksell Gamma Knife — the most precise radiotherapy technology.
Advantages of Perfection Gamma Knife:
- High level of safety due to the radiation source adjusting.
- The procedure is non-invasive. Doctors operate with Gamma Knife in one day without an overnight hospital stay.
- No discomfort during the treatment as far as the device adapts to the patient's breathing and movements during the treatment.
- Exact point hit — the Perfection divides the radiation into 8 sectors that helps to target only the diseased tissues and save the healthy ones.
- Excellent image processing that helps to analyze each step of the therapy.
- Perfection Gamma Knife can deliver a high dose of radiation in 26 targets during one procedure. This is a very important for people who have a lot of disease foci.
➤ Robotic Surgery Center
Kyung Hee University Hospital is well-known among international patients for state-of-the-art robot-assisted equipment. Surgeons use an innovative Da Vinci XI device for surgical treatment of different organs.
Da Vinci XI system is the most advanced minimally invasive option for colorectal, general, urological, gynecological, thoracic complex surgeries.
The Da Vinci XI robot helps the surgeon to:
- perform a precise surgery though 3D-HD imaging (a surgeon monitors and controls all robotic movements)
- cut down operating time
- make minimal incisions and reduce recovery after the procedure.
ORTHOPEDICS AT KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Kyung Hee University Hospital is the world's first hospital to provide gene therapy for knee osteoarthritis — Invossa K injection. This therapeutic method is the best option to reduce pain for elderly patients, and those who cannot go through the knee replacement.
Invossa K is a non-surgical method. An orthopedist makes only one injection to the knee joint allowing the cells to repair and regenerate the tissues. The procedure does not require anesthesia. A patient quickly returns to their everyday life and does not feel pain for 2 years and more.
➤ Spine center
Specialists of Kyung Hee University Medical Center combine Western and Korean medical approaches to achieve better results in vertebra diseases treatment.
SERVICES FOR INTERNATIONAL PATIENTS
✓ International patients receive a discount for accommodation in VIP rooms. So you receive VIP accommodation for the price of standard single room.
✓ Single, double, triple, quad, 5- and 6-person rooms are available in Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong. The price of accommodation depends on the chosen type of a ward.
✓ Transfer from an airport is paid additionally.
Single room at Kyung Hee University Medical Center
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We arrived at the clinic a second time. Her husband was examined with a focus on the digestive tract. Quickly, efficiently. The examination revealed polyps that were removed on the same day. The translator girls are very kind, they explain everything, and see them off. I recommend!
В клинику приехали второй раз. Обследовали мужа с упором на ЖКТ. Быстро, качественно. На обследовании были выявлены полипы, которые удалили в этот же день.
Девочки переводчицы очень любезные, все объясняют, провожают. Рекомендую!
The clinic is completely low level of service. We arrived at 12 noon and were held until 16.30 in the waiting room. This despite the fact that they knew that a patient arrived with stage 4 cancer, metastases in the spine. it’s very difficult for an old person with such a diagnosis to sit. My dad is 75 years old, my mother is 71. It is hard for a healthy, young one to sit in one place for almost 5 hours. Parents chose a place in 6 local wards. Single VIP is no different from her. The small room is stuffy and cramped. The attendant is provided with a seat. This is a roll-out mattress from under the bed, covered in leather or leatherette. There is no bedspread. We were given a blanket when asked. And Dad hung him on a nearby bed, so that from under it would not blow. He slept for 5 days in clothes on a mattress. On the day when they were supposed to do an MRI of the spine, my sister came to the reception several times asking her to take her mom early. As a result, the MRI was done at 14-30. All this time, Mom did not drink, did not eat in the evening. Terribly exhausted. They did an MRI for a long time, mom says probably 40 minutes and all this time she lay on a cold surface, froze very much and as a result, her mother was tormented by severe pain in the spine. When we sent mom to Korea, we thought that there mom would be well anesthetized, that Korea had the best drugs. When dad said that mom got worse there, that they are tormented by pains, from which she constantly cried, I asked to write the name of the pain medication. My sister immediately sent the name of pain relief to our doctor. It turned out she was given paracetamol (for some reason) and a tramadol tablet, while here Mom got pain medication three times a day with morphine. About what everything was indicated in the extract.
Клиника совсем с низким уровнем обслуживания. Приехали в 12 дня и их продержали до 16.30 в зале ожидания. Это при том что знали, что приехал пациент с 4 стадией рака, метастазы в позвоночнике. старому человеку с таким диагнозом очень тяжело сидеть. Папе моему 75лет, маме 71. Здоровому, молодому тяжело сидеть на одном месте почти 5 часов. Родители выбрали место в 6 местной палате. Одноместная Вип ничем не отличается от неё. В небольшой палате душно и тесно. Сопровождающему предоставляется место. Это выкатной матрас из под кровати, обтянутый кожей или кожзамом. Постельного, покрывала нет. Нам дали покрывало, когда попросили. И Папа вешал его на рядомстоящую кровать, что бы из под неё не дуло. Так и спал 5 дней в одежде на матрасе.
В день когда должны были делать мрт позвоночника сестра несколько раз подходила на ресепшн с просьбой маму принять пораньше. В итоге мрт сделали в 14-30. Все это время Мама не пила не ела с вечера. Страшно обессилела. Мрт делали долго, мама говорит, наверное, минут 40 и все это время она лежала на холодной поверхности, сильно замёрзла и в итоге маму мучили сильные боли в позвоночнике.
Когда мы отправляли маму в Корею, мы думали, что там маму хорошо обезболят, что в Корее лучшие препараты. Когда папа сказал, что маме стало хуже там, что мучают боли, от которых она постоянно плакала я попросила написать название обезболивающего. Сестра сразу направила название обезболивания нашему врачу. Оказалось ей давали парацетамол (зачем непонятно) и таблетку трамадола, тогда как тут у нас Мама получала обезболивающее три раза в день с морфием. Про что в российской выписке все было указано.
В итоге мы дома уже 5 дней выписку до сих пор не получили.
Не рекомендую эту клинику
Fate had to visit the Quims clinic, which we learned about from the coordinator Catherine (Kiev). She kindly provided information and consulted in good faith during her stay in Korea. We were met at the airport, brought to the clinic. Polite translators worked with us. Quickly diagnosed. We took into account the wishes for acceleration in time of treatment. The conditions in the ward are acceptable. We were surrounded by the constant attention of medical staff. Communication with the Son and Khan processors, the whole atmosphere of the clinic gave us hope for a speedy recovery and a positive outlook on life. Thank. Rahmet from Gulnara and Zamira. Волею судьбы пришлось посетить клинику Квимс, о которой мы узнали от координатора Екатерины (г. Киев) Она любезно предоставила информацию и добросовестно консультировала во время пребывания в Корее. Нас встретили в аэропорту, привезли в клинику. С нами работали вежливые переводчики. Оперативно провели диагностику. Учли пожелания по ускорению во времени лечения. Условия в палате - приемлемые. Мы были окружены постоянным вниманием медицинского персонала. Общение с процессорами Сон и Хан, вся атмосфера клиники вселила в нас надежду на скорейшее выздоровление и позитивный взгляд на жизнь. Спасибо. Рахмет от Гульнары и Замиры.
Good afternoon! Stay in the clinic was excellent. clean, comfortable, understandable. check-in about 2 hours. I didn’t go there with the aim of being treated - therefore I am not writing about the result. a doctor’s appointment is quite expensive, paid separately, lasts 5-10 minutes gives recommendations and that’s all - be healthy) the clinic does not have any plastic surgery or everything related to the unproven treatment methods for unrecognized diseases (osteochondrosis, dystonia)
Добрый день!
пребывание в клинике прошло отлично. чисто, комфортно, понятно. чек-ап около 2 часов. не ездил туда с целью лечится - поэтому про результат не пишу. прием врача - достаточно дорого, платится отдельно, длится минут 5-10 дает рекомендации и все - будь здоров) клиника не делает никакой пластики или все что связано с недоказанными методами лечения не признанных болезней (остеохондроз, дистония)
I sent my dad for treatment, qualified assistance in selecting treatment and accompaniment, everything was at the highest level in the clinic (the prices bit a bit), thanks for the accompaniment and help, we will turn to you for re-treatment Отправляла папу на лечение, квалифицированная помощь в подборе лечения и сопровождении, в клинике все было на высшем уровне( немного кусались цены), спасибо за сопровождение и помощь, обратимся к вам за повторным лечением
In general, we thought that getting to a doctor abroad is something impossible, but, turning to you, everything went very well. I liked everything at the clinic, everything went well, we were satisfied. We will definitely contact you again, since the daughter is privately located abroad. Мы вообще думали, что попасть к врачу заграницей — это что-то невозможное, но, обратившись к Вам, все прошло очень хорошо. В клинике все понравилось, все прошло хорошо, мы остались довольны. Будем обязательно еще к Вам обращаться, так как дочка частно находиться заграницей.
Normal clinic, did not see anything special. They prescribed good medicines, I felt better. There were also very good translators. It is better to always be insured, because if there is insurance, the clinic offers a 50% discount. Обычная клиника, ничего особенного не увидела. Выписали хорошие медикаменты, мне стало лучше. Так же были очень хорошие переводчики. Лучше всегда быть застрахованным, потому что если есть страховка, то клиника предоставляет скидку 50%
I will be pleased when they receive the remaining examinations and consultation with a doctor. And so, in general, everything is quite decently organized, quickly, and a lot of different surveys in a short time. Буду довольна, когда дошлют оставшиеся обследования и консультацию врача. А так, в целом, вполне все прилично организовано, быстро, и много разных обследований за непродолжительное время
The clinic is big. A lot of patients. But everything is calculated and passes diagnostics quickly. Everything is clean and tidy. In the diagnosis, all treat you carefully. There is always a translator nearby. No problems arise. All at a very high level. Клиника большая. Пациентов много. Но всё просчитано и проходит диагностика быстро. Всё чисто и аккуратно. При диагностике все к тебе относятся внимательно. Рядом всегда переводчик. Проблем никаких не возникает. Всё на очень высоком уровне.
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