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There are certain elements that influence a patient’s decision in selecting a hospital overseas. Is it equipped with advanced medical technology and state-of-the-art equipment? Is its facilities and atmosphere pleasant and comfortable? Is the cost of treatment reasonable? Is it easily accessible? Severance fulfills all these prerequisites and more.

Severance is a global hospital accredited by JCI for the global standard assessment in medical practice.

As proven by the appraisals in the medical performance, Severance provides an ideal health care environment.
Robotic surgery further boosts the quality of Severance’s health care. Our hospital performs the largest number of robotic surgeries in Asia, including prostate, thyroid, esophagus, and stomach cancer.
Severance strives to preserve the safety and comfort of each patient. We ensure a patient oriented environment, including accommodation, entertainment, exhibitions and concert performances.
As reported by the New York Times, Korean hospitals are staffed by excellent doctors, who also served as visiting professors at highly regarded American medical institutions.

The health care system at Severance includes a body of medical professionals skilled in an array of today’s most advanced treatments. Severance aims to provide the patients with the best and the most effective medical treatments within its 5 hospitals, 7 specialized centers and 16 specialized clinics. Patients trust Severance for the highly extensive and expert health care system.

Severance Hospital

The First and the Best

Severance Hospital was the founder of modern medical science in Korea with the establishment of Kwang Hye Won in 1885 by Dr. Horace N. Allen, missionary doctor, and has been serving the national health for the last 120 years as the leading organization among the medical institutions in this country.

In pursuit of the quality improvement of medical service through the specialization of medical examinations and treatments for the first time in Korea, Severance Hospital manages the Cancer Center, Rehabilitation Hospital, Cardiovascular Hospital, EYE & ENT Hospital, Child and Adolescent Clinic, Emergency Care Center, Diabetes Center, Allergy Clinic, and Stroke Intensive Care Unit. In addition, Severance Hospital has created a new medical culture focused on customers through the investigation of a customer satisfaction survey, Quality Improvement(QI) Division management and Service Manual manufacture, following the first Korean promulgation of the 'Patient's Bill of Rights' in 1993.

Severance Hospital, the leading proponent of medical service in Korea for the last century, practices the love of God that is the founding spirit of the hospital. The hospital continuously strives to secure international competitive power through a concentrated devotion to raising the level of medical examination and treatment, to lead the advancement of medical techniques through constant education and researches, and to make a practice of love for human beings through offers of advanced medical services and the realization of the patient satisfaction.