Sahmyook Medical Center
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Sahmyook Medical Center or Seoul Adventist Hospital is a large private hospital
in Seoul
, South Korea
. It admits more than 30,000 patients per year. Sahmyook Medical Center also houses the Sahmyook Children's Hospital, Proton Treatment Center, Transplantation Institute & Liver Center. It is operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church
The hospital is the base for the nursing course offered by Sahmyook University
.
Private hospital
A private hospital is a hospital owned by a profit company or a non-profit organisation and privately funded through payment for medical services by patients themselves, by insurers, or by foreign embassies. This practice is very common in the United States and Australia...
in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. It admits more than 30,000 patients per year. Sahmyook Medical Center also houses the Sahmyook Children's Hospital, Proton Treatment Center, Transplantation Institute & Liver Center. It is operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
The hospital is the base for the nursing course offered by Sahmyook University
Sahmyook University
Sahmyook University is a private, Christian, coeducational university located in Metropolitan Seoul, South Korea...
.
See also
- List of Seventh-day Adventist hospitals
- Sahmyook UniversitySahmyook UniversitySahmyook University is a private, Christian, coeducational university located in Metropolitan Seoul, South Korea...
- Sahmyook FoodsSahmyook FoodsThe Sahmyook Foods is a food company in South Korea that produces a large range of soy milks as well as a range of vegetarian products. Founded in 1978, it holds more than a quarter of the market share in health foods. Sahmyook Foods is wholly owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.- Soy...
- Sahmyook Language SchoolSahmyook Language SchoolThe Sahmyook Language School is an English language school with 41 branches across South Korea. There is also a branch in Mongolia. Over 50,000 students enroll each term and about 260 native English speakers are employed by the school...