International Clinic in Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center (Dongsan Medical Center) has been providing the best differentiated medical service to the patients from other countries through 110-year history.

International Clinic in Dongsan Medical Center has offered the medical service to the patients from other countries since it started English Secretary Office in 1967. After it changed the name to International Clinic for the increased patients from other countries’ convenience in 2007, it has been offering the prompt service with 5 staffs (including as a doctor, nurse, office worker, etc) and volunteers.

Dongsan Medical Center had 8282 patients from other countries (outpatients 6870, inpatients 1412) in 2008 only, proving it a leading hospital group in the country. Also, it is taking the initiative in the recent oversea medical care travel. It has administered the comprehensive medical testing to 227 foreigners in addition to the oversea medical care travel group composed of 7 countries of Philippines, Algeria, Turkey, South Africa, UAE, and Poland.

The patients visiting International Clinic include Americans with the highest percentage of all patients from other countries and other people from France, China, Japan, Nepal, Philippines, etc. They ranges from a slight cold to a serious case, using 26 departments of Internal Medicine, Surgery, Rehabilitation, Obstetrics and Genecology, Otorhinolaryngology, GU-Genito-Urology, Dermatology, etc.

It is not surprising that Dongsan Medical Center has increasing patients from other countries. It became the assigned hospital for the servicemen, veterans, and their family by the medical care agreement with the 18th headquarters of medical affairs in the US 8th Army based on the differentiated unique service such as foreigner insurance service agent.

Particularly, it is noticeable in the sense that foreigners with the private medical insurance can get the same benefit as on their home. On the medical service agreements with Dongsan Medical Center, the customers of Word Access(US medical service agency), BlueCross BlueShield Insurance, Federal Employee Program, Cigna International, Aetna Global Benefits, Foretgn service benefit plan, SOS(Japan insurance company) can get the same medical service in Donsan Medical Center as on their home.

Further, Donsan Medical Center is providing 24-hour emergency service for English and Japanese speaking patients, all staffs’ language education, interpretation service for the information of medical service, etc. With all staffs’ preparation for the patients from other countries, Donsan Medical Center is making a contribution to improve the image of the nation as well as the medical center based on the accumulated know-now and good service of International Clinic.