(Medical 24 Hours) Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, first successful delivery of quintuplets through natural conception, etc.

◆Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, first successful delivery of quintuplet pregnancy

The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Department Professor Hong Soo-bin, Pediatrics Department Professor Yoon Young-ah, and Adolescent Department Professor Shin Jeong-min’s team successfully completed the delivery of five newborn multiple fetuses to a mother in her 30s on the 20th. This is the first case in Korea of ​​delivering quintuplet babies conceived naturally.

For the first delivery of a baby since its opening, the hospital has made thorough advance plans with a multidisciplinary medical team including the obstetrics and gynecology department, Professor Jae-won Heo of the anesthesiology and pain medicine department, Professor Se-yeon Kim of the pediatrics department, and a dedicated delivery room nurse.

Professor Hong Su-bin of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology said, “I was worried because it was a high-risk case, a rare case worldwide, but I am glad that the mother was able to give birth as planned thanks to the combined efforts of many medical staff, including the professors of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine who came to the delivery room next to the ward where premature babies are admitted, and the professor of the Department of Pediatrics who came to the operating room right after finishing the outpatient clinic.”

◆Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital donates all proceeds from ‘Happy Market’ bazaar

Catholic University Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital announced on the 23rd that it recently held a ceremony to present proceeds from the ‘Happy Market’ bazaar, which was run through talent donations by hospital volunteers.

The Catholic University of Korea Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital volunteer team organized the ‘Happy Market’ bazaar to communicate and empathize with patients visiting the hospital, and to contribute to the spread of a culture of sharing by donating the proceeds to the underprivileged and adding to the value of sharing.

The volunteer team sold various food and donated items, including handicrafts and side dishes made by volunteers, and raised about 6 million won in profits, which were donated in full. The donations will be used to support medical expenses for patients who have difficulty receiving medical services due to financial difficulties through the Catholic University of Korea Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital Social Work Team.

◆Hallym University Medical Center Holds Virtual Race ‘We Run We’ for Fire Victims for the 4th Time

Hallym University Medical Center will be holding the 4th WeRunWe路, a virtual donation race in which the entire nation can participate, from October 21 to November 17. Applications for participation will be accepted from September 23 to October 13.

The Hallym University Medical Center’s WeRunWiro, now in its fourth year, is a healthy donation event where participants can run while taking care of their health and practicing sharing. This WeRunWiro event is being held for victims of fires, such as burn patients and firefighters who were burned while fighting fires.

This year, there have been a series of large-scale fire accidents in Korea, including a fire at a lithium battery factory in Hwaseong City and a fire at an electric car in Incheon. Accordingly, Hallym University Medical Center donates all of the funds raised through the WeRunWiWi fund to the Hallym Burn Foundation, a social welfare organization, to be used for treatment and nursing expenses for burn patients and trauma recovery support for firefighters who were victims of the fire.

◆Godae Anam Hospital holds a training course on atrial fibrillation

Korea University Anam Hospital will hold a training course titled ‘Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation with 2024 Primary Care Physicians’ at the Mediheal Hall on the 5th floor from 6 PM on Friday, October 11. There will be a lecture on the latest knowledge in atrial fibrillation diagnosis and anticoagulant treatment, followed by a lecture on symptom control and lifestyle therapy. Two training points will be awarded. Google FormYou can apply through (click).

◆National Health Insurance Corporation, 4 major social insurance premium electronic notification and automatic transfer application prize event

The National Health Insurance Corporation announced that it will hold a giveaway event from September 23 to October 25 to expand applications for electronic notification and automatic transfer of the four major social insurance premiums (health insurance, national pension, employment insurance, and industrial accident insurance).

The target is households and businesses that have newly applied for electronic notification and automatic transfer of the four major social insurance premiums.

For local subscribers, electronic notification and automatic transfer applications can be made through the Health Insurance Corporation website, The Health Insurance (app), and Naver (app), while for businesses, applications can be made through the Social Insurance Integrated Collection Portal, Health Insurance EDI, and Naver (app).

To participate in the giveaway event, click the ‘Giveaway Event Entry Button’ on the Corporation’s website or the Social Insurance Integrated Collection Portal, or visit a Corporation branch and fill out the questionnaire (agree to the collection, use, and provision of personal information) by scanning the ‘QR code’ on the automatic transfer promotional poster.

◆Bundang Seoul National University Hospital, Korean Telemedicine Society 2024 Fall Academic Conference Held

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital announced that the ‘2024 Fall Academic Conference of the Korean Telemedicine Society’ held at the Future Hall of the Healthcare Innovation Park of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital on the 20th was successfully concluded.

This fall academic conference, hosted by the Korean Society of Telemedicine, is a venue to explore the future direction of development in telemedicine. At the opening ceremony, figures from various fields, including Ahn Cheol-soo, a member of the People Power Party’s National Assembly (Bundang Gap) and Song Jeong-han, president of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, attended and delivered congratulatory speeches.

The event consisted of the following topics: ▲Smart Senior Healthcare Using Digital Technology (Moderator: Professor Baek Seung-jae of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) ▲Past, Present, and Future of Military Telemedicine (Moderator: Professor Han Jong-soo of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) New Paradigm of Digital New Drug Development (Moderator: Professor Lee Seok-beom of Dankook University Hospital) ▲Digital Transformation of Clinical Trials through Decentralized Clinical Trials (Moderator: Professor Yoo Gyeong-sang of Seoul National University Hospital), and scholars and experts from each field gathered to give heated lectures and discuss.

This academic conference was well-received for its broad view of the concept of telemedicine, from simple non-face-to-face treatment to elderly care and clinical trials.

◆Inha University Hospital selected as ‘World’s Best Smart Hospital’ by US Newsweek

Inha University Hospital announced on the 23rd that it was the first to be named to the list of ‘The World’s Best Smart Hospitals’ recently announced by the American weekly news magazine Newsweek.

The list released this time is the fourth in Newsweek’s history, starting in 2021.

Inha University Hospital is deeply applying information and communication technology (ICT), such as artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), to the medical field through investments to improve quality by combining future technology and medicine. It is the beginning of a journey toward becoming a smart hospital that increases patient safety and treatment satisfaction through technological convergence of medicine and engineering.

Inha University Hospital has implemented a so-called ‘hyper-connected’ treatment environment that encompasses diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation, such as predicting disease risk with AI and operating a remote collaboration system. Representative examples include a critical patient monitoring system, a remote collaboration system, a non-face-to-face care service, an AI diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, a pediatric bone age interpretation process, and a smart gait analysis.

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