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Samsung Medical Center

Coordinates: 37°29′17.4″N 127°5′7.7″E / 37.488167°N 127.085472°E / 37.488167; 127.085472
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37°29′17.4″N 127°5′7.7″E / 37.488167°N 127.085472°E / 37.488167; 127.085472

Samsung Medical Center
Hangul
삼성의료원
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSamseong uiryowon
McCune–ReischauerSamsŏng 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

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  1. ^ "Facts & Statistics - About SMC - Samsung Medical Center". 삼성서울병원. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  2. ^ "South Korea hospital 'is source of many Mers cases'". BBC News. 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  3. ^ "Samsung stigmatized with MERS". The Korea Times. 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
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