Hallym University Medical Center
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Hallym University Medical Center
¡å A Comprehensive Medical Institution Grown as the Biggest in Scale in Korea for the Shortest Period of Time Hallym University Medical Center was officially born in March 1982 when the Medical School of Hallym University was established under the Ilsong Education Foundation. Its actual start, however, dates back to December 1971 when Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital had its grand opening. At the time when Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital opened, it had only 250 care beds. With the consecutive opening of Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Chunchon Sacred Heart Hospital, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital and Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital one after another, the total number of care beds has been increased up to 3,200 beds. Consequently, Hallym University Medical Center has witnessed a great growth both quantitatively and qualitatively during the record-breakingly short period of time in Korea, which was sufficient enough to attract a great attention from the Korean medical circle. ¡å Very Active in Securing the State-of-the-Art Medical Equipments; Maintaining the Highest Level of Medical Services In order to support such quantitatively vast facilities, Hallym University Medical Center has steadily increased the number of clinical instructors covering all areas as well as the number of professional personnel. With diligence, patience and order as its management philosophy, Hallym University Medical Center has at present 4,400 staff in total including 410 faculty members which are the largest in number in Korea. Under the leadership of President of Hallym University Medical Center and Directors of each hospital, all members of 5 hospitals are performing their responsibilities faithfully. As for medical equipments, Hallym University Medical Center has kept very costly ones from the early days such as MRI, Spiral CT, ESWL, Prostatrone, Eximer Laser and Mebatrone. The Center plans to introduce more ultra-modern equipments continuously for the activation of the Center's special clinics.
Medical Services for Patients ¡å Accelerating the Specialization in Medical Services Well-Matching to University Hospitals In 2002, the number of outpatients visiting 5 hospitals under the Hallym University Medical Center was 1.7 million while that of inpatients, 1 million. The average bed occupancy rate is over 90%, with over 36,000 cases of operation and anesthesia. In order to play a role suitable for university hospitals and to survive in the age of globalization and unlimited competition, Hallym University Medical Center has fostered many medical professionals by area. Judging that it is urgently necessary to specialize and differentiate these hospitals, the Center has exerted every single effort in many respects. ¡å Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital - the Only Hospital in Asia Specialized in Burn Care One of the representative special clinics is the Burn Center at Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital. As the best burn care institution in Korea, the Burn Center treated and cared workers and students who burned themselves to fight for democratization of Korea in 1980s. Also, the Burn Center became further recognized as the best burn care and treatment institution in Korea both in name and reality after providing perfect treatment and care to those who survived from the KAL airplane crash accident happened in Guam in 1997. The Burn Care Task Force Team, which is the only team of its kind in Korea, provides a systematic treatment from the admission into to the deschange from the hospital. For patients of acute burns, a comprehensive care is provided ranging from the initial fluid theraphy, skin transplant operation, plastic surgery on burned body, psychiatric theraphy, rehabilitation theraphy up to physical theraphy. Such comprehensive medical services are available since the Team has maintained a system of co-treatment and co-examination with all clinical departments related to burn care. In addition, the Burn Center is staffed with nurses and theraphy professionals caring exclusively for burn patients, and operates independently Department of Nutrition Counceling and Department of Social Works exclusively for burn patients. The Burn Center is exerting its efforts continuously to secure its position as the best and the most specialized burn care center in Korea both in name and reality. ¡å The Pancreatic Transplantation Conducted by Hangang Scared Heart Hospital for the First Time in Korea; Developing the Unequalled Operation Technique of Transviginal Hystrectomy The Korea Gerontology Center at Hangang Scared Heart Hospital is the first medical institution in Korea opened in October 1991 to examine and treat exclusively geriatric illnesses. It also has the Comprehensive Research Institute for Geriatric Diseases which can conduct researches on geriatric disorders related to the Department of Internal Medicine, the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, and even to the areas of behavioral science and epidemiology. What is special about their Center is that the medical team led by Dr. Dai-Won Yoon, who returned home from U.S.A. after studying the transplant of pancreas cells and aquiring the pancreas transplant operation skill, conducted the pancreatic transplantation in 1986 for the first time in Korea, which attracted a great attention from the medical circle in Korea. Transviginal Hystrectomy led by the team of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital is an unequalled operation skill. The largest number of operations employing this technique has been performed at Kangnam Scared Heart Hospital, which also shows the lowest recording of a Caesarean operation in Korea. Hallym University Medical Center has designated the following as its strategically specialized areas for the future: the Congenital Metabolic Disorder Clinic and the Digestive Diseases Center at Chunchon Sacred Heart Hospital; the Organ Transplantation Clinic and the Heand-and-Neck Cancer Clinic and the Cardiovascular Diseases Center at Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital; and the Cerebrovascular Center, the Digestive Diseases Center and the Health Promotion Center at Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital. ¡å Kidney Transplant from the Brain-Dead First Performed in Korea; Liver Transplant on the Oldest Patient in Korea at Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital
In addition, it is greatly expected that the Cardiovascular Disease Center at Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital will be further activated with its state-of-the-art cardiovascular devices and equipments such as Angiography and Gamma Camera. Also, the Hemato-Oncology Clinic has the Cytogenetic Laboratory and HLA Research Laboratory which pride themselves in the highest level in Korea. Based on these achievements, the Clinic is fully equipped with all devices necessary for bone marrow transplantations. Designated early as an officially recognized institution for bone marrow transplantation, the Clinic has provided high quality medical services. ¡å The Most Efficient Computerized Information System in Korea : Pursuing an Electronically Managed Hospital with the Introduction of PACS System
The Order Communication System enables physicians to enter their data on treatments and prescriptions directly into the computer so that these data can be conveyed automatically to individual departments concerned. By doing so, all kinds of administrative work, which had been done manually, could be omitted, and hence, this ultra-modern computer system can drastically shorten the patients' waiting time. In addition, the pharmacy automation devices for automatic drug packing and automatic printing of drug envelops, for instance, have been already under operation. All laboratory departments have also completed their automation, and hence, could have reduced greatly the test-related waiting time. The Full PACS system was installed from Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital down, as a part of the ambitious plan to transform all hospitals into e-hospitals. Furthermore, all the hospitals are preparing for the introduction of new OCS,electronic medical record (EMR), and enterprise resource planning (ERP) to realize the dream of Digital Hospital in near future. ¡å
Family Nurse System Introduced First in Korea In order to become hospitals serving for the local communities, all hospitals have introduced the Family Nurse System with initiative for patients who can not move freely due to geriatric illness or chronic disease. This System operated at Hallym University Medical Center was officially authorized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare for the first time among hospitals in Korea. Along with regular health education programs steadily offered to local residents, this System has been settled as a successful institution both internally and externally.
Medical Welfare Service ¡å Putting the Sense of Responsibility for Society into Action by Making Investments on Medical Welfare Facilities for Local Residents
Equipped with various medical facilities for the local people of Anyang City, Gyonggi-Do Province, Anyang Welfare Center provides medical services for low-income families with a close link with Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital. While meeting various needs of local residents through community welfare projects, the Center contributes to the advancement of social welfare services. For seniors aged 60 or older who are living within the administrative district of Yeongdeungpo-Gu, Seoul, Yeongdeungpo Welfare Center operates the Senior Information Center, offers medical rehabilitation services, and provides integrated welfare services. Through these activities, the Center helps seniors to enjoy their late lives in a sound physical, mental, and social environment. ¡å Operation of Mariana Hospital in Guam in 1970s¡ª The First Overseas Launching in Korea; Active Participation at Medical Welfare Services Home and Abroad
The Hallym University Medical Center had a keen interested in overseas medical welfare services from the early days. In the late 1970s, the Center not only dispatched Korean medical doctors to Mariana Hospital in Guam but also was directly involved in the hospital management. Moreover, for 2 years from 1996, Hallym University Medical Center sent a medical service team of large scale at the pure civilian level to the far back country at Fiji Island in the South Pacific, which gained a special attention from the press.
College of Medicine ¡å Hallym Medical School as the First-Class University; the Amount Transferred from the Foundation Recording the Highest Level in Korea
Accordingly, outstanding graduates of Hallym Medical School have performed their missions faithfully as educators as well as medical staff at many prestigious medical schools and general hospitals home and abroad. Many of them provide their services to local communities with self-esteem and pride as Hallym Man. Despite its short history of 20 years, the College of Medicine has positioned itself solidly in the rank of prestigious medical schools producing the finest medical experts in Korea thanks to the full support from the Foundation enough to record a top place among private universities in Korea in terms of the amount transferred from the Foundation to the university. Consequently, at the comprehensive assessment of medical schools nationwide conducted in 1995 by the Korea Advanced Education Council, the College of Medicine at Hallym University stood at the 3rd place. Also, at the University Evaluation Program conducted in 1996 by Chung-Ang Daily News, it was recognized as one of the outstanding schools. As for the curriculum of Hallym Medical School, courses for medicines are offered at Hallym University in Chunchon, while courses for hospital practices are offered, depending on the students' choices, vividly at 5 university affiliated hospitals equipped with perfect environments for clinical education and training of the highest quality in Korea. ¡å Medical School Supporters' Association Formed by Spontaneous Participation of the Students' Parents; Integrated Education Centering around Autonomous Learning and Problem Solving
Inspite of its short history, this Association has raised a great amount of fund and granted supports for the welfare of students at the campus, the students' circle programs and research activities of the faculty members. In the future, the Association is expected to make a great contribution to the development of Hallym Medical School by expanding further the scope for supports. The greatest problem in medical school education used to be that how fast and correctly the geometrically increasing knowledge on medical science can be conveyed to the students within the limited time span. In order to solve such a problem and to offer education preparing for the 21st century, the College of Medicine at Hallym University has established and implemented from early days an integrated education program centering around autonomous learning and problem solving instead of the lecture-dependent conventional education mode. The program could be implemented in full scale after in-depth researches and evaluations over 5 years. Since then, many other medical schools follwed this model. According to such a rearrangment of the curriculum, a learning assessment workshop by newly appointed faculty members is conducted every year, along with workshops regularly held with the participation of all faculty members. The Clinical Instructors' Activity Reporting System (so-called Faculty Evaluation System) was initiated 10 years ago for the first time in Korea by the College of Medicine at Hallym University. After modifying and supplementing its drawbacks steadily, the System is now settled as a tool to survive in the age of unlimited competition.
Training and Education ¡å Character Cultivation Education and Training on the Job for Personnel Available after the Opening of Ilsong Training Center; Focusing on the Practice of Customer Satisfaction With the increasing need for personnel training, education programs have been greatly strengthened from 2002. The System Construction Team, which was newly established in early 2002, has been in charge of operating several programs such as: training on the job; computer information education; theme-specific education; middle managers leadership training; and customer satisfaction(CS) education. Such job improvement education programs have upgraded the atmosphere that all personnel can work with pride as professionals and with the sense of being united as one.
¡å Offering Opportunities for Overseas Training to All Clinical Instructors; Operating the Overseas Training Program for Nurses, the Only One in Korea
Not only overseas training programs for clinical instructors but also those for nurses have been further activated. This program is the only one overseas training project for nurses in Korea. For the last 10 years, about 50 nurses were dispatched to Japan and U.S.A for their practical job training. Recently in 2002, 8 nurses returned from their overseas training after accomplishing the goal to acquire advanced nursing techniques at three medical institutions in Japan: The Hospital Affiliated with East-Sea University in Japan; Gawajawa University Hospital; and Gawajawa City Hospital. Especially, Hallym University Medical Center has extended its contract even in 2003 with the Hospital Affiliated with East-Sea University in Japan which has 1,200 care beds under 24 departments. Both institutions have agreed to expand the scale of the trainee delegation. Hallym University Medical Center has almost established a cooperative relationship successfully with National Nagano Hospital with 420 beds and Nagasaki University Affiliated Hospital with 830 beds.
Academic Research ¡å The Research Institute of Natural Medicine Standing at the Highest Level in Korea; The Animal Experiment Laboratory at Hallym University Contributing Greatly to Medical Research in Korea
To support their activities, several medical-related research institutes have been established. In 1984, the Research Institute of Health Services was established to carry out research projects dealing with social aspects of the problems related to medical services. In 1991, the Research Institute of Natural Medicine was established and has conducted actively research activities to identify medical effects of natural medicines and to develop them as medical products. The Research Institute of Medical Education established in 1988 has played a key role in improving medical education by developing the curriculum of medical sciences, the teaching methodology, learning activities and evaluation methods suitable for the special nature of medical education. In 1988, the Research Institute of Human Science and the Research Institute of Clinical Medical Science were closed, and the Research Institute of Medical Science was established instead, which has carried out research projects covering all areas related to medical science while operating academic exchange programs. The Animal Experiment Laboratory completed in 1986 was developed into the Animal Experiment Department and then into the Medical Genetics Class. Consequently, the College of Medicine at Hallym University could have continued medical research activities through the most advanced laboratory for animal experimentations among medical schools in Korea. Various kinds of costly and state-of-the-art research equipments including the electronic microscope were installed early when Hallym University was just founded, and have been utilized for research projects. The establishment of the Animal Experiment Department of the highest level in Korea equipped with perfect facilities has stimulated research activities. Such an investment will be steadily made with a plan to purchase costly, ultra-modern research equipments every year and to secure more research facilities. ¡å Ilsong Institute of Life Science Supported by the Government as the only BSE Research Institute in Korea; Standing High as the Mecca of Research Center for Geriatric Diseases in 2000s after Its Opening of the Life and Aging Research Center
Accordingly, the Institute has launched in earnest projects to identify aging mechanism and to develop anti-aging materials with research funds totalling 6 billion won granted for 6 years with 1 billon won per year. More specifically, the Institute is supposed to conduct 5 core detailed projects as follows: exploiting out new aging-related genes and studying their functions; developing the aging prediction indicators; inquiring the functional changes of cells incidental to aging; examining closely the anaplasia mechanism of internal organs caused by aging; and developing candidate substances to resist aging and identifying their pharmacological mechanism. Hallym Institute for Genome Applications has exerted all efforts to develop a Korean-style HLA test and a molecular biologic test for tuberculosis suitable for actual circumstances of Korea. As a result, they have designed and are now utilizing new methods which are cost-effective while keeping a high level of accurancy and a high redevelopment rate compared with foreign products. Five full-time researchers are currently working in the Institute, and afterwards 3 faculty members and 20 other staff will be gradually introduced. The Institute is emerging both nominally and virtually as one of the best institutes for genome research in Korea, in that the Institute is actively implementing the academic exchange programs with advanced foreign countries as well as the project for testing Korean bone marrow donors. The Hallym University Medical Center has publicly invited clinic research projects and financially assisted a number of clinical instructors, motivating them with increased research funds year by year. The registration fee will be covered by the Institute for all clinical instructors participating in conferences and presenting outstanding papers, and another financial assistance will be granted for paper publications in the famous domestic and international academic journals. Such supports are expected to greatly contribute to their accuumulation of good research achievements in the future.
Hallym Academy of Science ¡å Hallym Academy of Science as a Colloquium of Prominent Scholars in Korea
The distinguished members of the Hallym Academy of Science are as follows: Dr. Sang-Woo Lee (President of Hallym University, former Dean of Social Science College, Seo-Gang University); Dr. Bum-Mo Chung (former President of Hallym University, former President of Chung-Buk National University); Dr. Dal-Sun Han (former President of Hallym University, former Professor of Seoul National University); Dr. Wan-Gyu Cho (former President of Seoul National University, former Minister of Ministry of Education); Dr. Byong-Ik Koh (former President of Seoul National University); Dr. Bum-Seo Koh (former President of Sung-Jeon University); Dr. Man-Kap Lee (Honorary Professor of Seoul National University); Dr. Myong-Sik Noh (former Professor of Hallym University); Dr. Ki-Baek Lee (former Professor of Hallym University); Dr. Yong-Hee Choi (former Chairman of National History Compilation Committee); Dr. Ho-Min Yang (former Professor of Seoul National University); Dr. Myong-Kwan Ji (Chairman of KBS, former Professor of Tokyo Women's University); Professor Jin-Man Kim (former Professor of Korea University); Professor Kyu-Chang Cho (former Professor of Korea University); and Dr. Woo-Taek Kim (Professor of Hallym University). ¡å The Series of Books Published by Hallym Academy of Science Serving as Reference Books for the Government's Policy-Making In order to implement more in-depth and professional research activities under the foundation mission and financial assistance, the Hallym Academy of Science established 5 research divisions (the Value System Research Division, the Education Policy Research Division, the History Research Division, the Politics and Security Research Division, and the Economy and Society Research Division) and has continued research activities covering all academic areas. In addition, this Academy has supportive parts such as Research Coordination Office and Data Room to offer supports and has also organs for reviews and deliberations such as Steering Committee and Research Committee. Thanks to such strong supports for research activities, a number of newly appointed faculty members of Hallym University have received abundant research funds and could have presented their outstanding articles in the prestigious academic journals home and abroad.
Hallym University ¡å A University of Prestige: Standing at the 5th Place among 132 Universities Nationwide at their Comprehensive Evaluation
Hallym University ranked as around the 4th and 5th place in the financial area, which includes the total education expenditure, the investment in facilities, and scholarships per student. The University also was low at the dependency proportion on the student tuition fee and was second to none in the amount transferred from the Foundation to the university. In 1997, Hallym University ranked 4th in the comprehensive evaluation and the ranking was the 2nd among the universities that are less than 20 years old. In another assessment conducted by the Korea University Education Council in 1995, Hallym University ranked 3rd out of 23 universities (19 private universities and 4 national universities). Since then, the University has been annually designated as a distinguished university in the education renovation program (1996) and as an autonomous university in fixing the total number of enrolled students (1996), making the Hallym family be proud of their achievements.
Overseas Academic Exchanges ¡å Realizing Cooperative Relations with Prestigious Universities Overseas including Columbia University: Students, Medical Staff and Professors to be Exchanged
Recently Hallym University has established a cooperative relationship with Colombia University, a prestigious university in the eastern part of the United States, and is preparing with great ambition for another international exchange of medical staff. According to a US News report in 2003, the Colombia University Medical Center ranked in the top 5 in the areas of kidney disease treatment, neurology, psychiatry and pediatrics, and the Center has maintained its reputation as an excellent university medical Center for more than 200 years. As the Hallym University Medical Center has determined to begin the exchange programs of residents, medical students as well as clinical instructors, it is expected that, with the exchanges of the advanced medical technologies, the quality of medical services offered by the Center would be improved, and that it would be a turning point for Hallym University Medical Center to be the most advanced leading institute in Korea.
The Long-Term Development Plan ¡å Each Hospital under Hallym University Medical Center Playing a Pivotal Role as a Community Medical Center
¡å New Life Movement and Trustworthy Society Campaign under Progress; Hallym Man Serving with Full Responsibility for Society and Nation In 2003, the Hallym University Medical Center will create the "New Life Movement" Headquarters and start its activities in order to set up its foundamental identity of life-saving medical services. Through unfolding financial supports actively, the Center will provide new lives to a number of organ-transplanted patients suffering so far from Korea`s institutional problems and their financial difficulties. By doing as, the Center can activate non-profit organ-transplant programs in the near future. Not economic but spiritual proverty with no philosophy and ideology has prevailed in our society. Now, therefore, is the time to picture the vision of Korea and Korean people by unfolding the campaign of creating a Trustworthy Society filled with true belief, promise, honesty and love. Hallym University Medical Center has determined to initiate such a "Trustworthy Society Campaign" from a trifle item. With financial and administrative supports actively granted from Ilsong Foundation as the base, the Center plans to develop this "Trustworthy Society Campaign" not only as a movement of hallym University and Hallym University Medical Center but also as a community movement. Such "New Life Movement" and "Trustworthy Society Campaign" will help enhance the status of Hallym Man who fulfills his responsibility ultimately for the society and the nation. ¡å Under the Banner of ¡¸Mighty Hallym¡¹ A Blue-Print for 2000s Being Drawn; Realizing All Staff`s Dream to be Leaders in the Medical Circle of Korea In order to actively cope with radically changing medical environments home and abroad in the short term, and to become the "first class" medical center in the long term, the Hallym University Medical Center has proposed a vision of "Mighty Hallym" and organized 10 Central Task-Force Teams under the Center in October 2002. Having already established a 5-year mid- and long-term development plan and having drawn a blue-print for 2000s, they undertook their activities in earnest to realize the plan and the blue-print.
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Upon
opening, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital gained a great
attention from the medical circle because it performed
the kidney transplantation from the brain-dead for the
first time in Korea. Since its opening, 330 cases of
kidney transplantations have been performed at this
hospital. With such a history as a base, Kangdong Sacred
Heart Hospital was officially designated as the Organ
Transplant Center in Korea. It has steadily conducted
liver and bone marrow transplantation.
With
Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital as a start in early 1995,
all hospitals had drastically improved their medical
service related affairs already by introducing Order
Communication System (OCS). They have quietly carried
out an ambitious plan to achieve an epoch-making improvement
in all services offered to patients. Especially all
hospital affairs, ranging from the reservation for examination
and treatment, actual medical services, laboratory tests,
medication to central supply of meals, were 100% computerized.
Shinlim
Welfare Center, which has the longest history as a medical
welfare facility, has steadily offered various public
health and medical services and unfolded social welfare
projects for low-income residents' health care. The
Center has also provided a variety of cultural and welfare
projects for the community, including the operation
of the Consulting Center for Family Affairs, vocational
training programs, and a number of welfare projects
for children, the young and the old.
The
5 hospitals under Hallym University Medical Center have
unfolded medical welfare services most rapidly whenever
flood or other disasters occur. Last year when the entire
nation suffered from a flood, they unfolded medical
welfare services in Gangwon-Do Province area, which
were evaluated as the most excellent ones nationwide.
Free medical services being unfolded by individual hospitals
have been continued while receiving a positive response
from local residents. 
The
College of Medicine at Hallym University established
in 1982 has produced so far 1,300 graduates in total
over 15 terms. With cultivating medical doctors of humanity
as its educational goal, Hallym Medical School has exerted
efforts to produce the talented who have a culturally
broad horizon, who can provide primary medical examination
and treatment, who can unfold their knowledge and skill
on the international stage and who know what services
are for the society.
The
Medical School Supporters' Association formed in 1991
is a meaningful gathering created through the pure and
spontaneous participation of the students' parents and
the graduates, in which the College of Medicine at Hallym
University takes a great pride.
In
September 2002, Ilsong Foundation opened The Ilsong
Training Center on the third floor of the 2nd Annex
Building (Ilsong Building) of Hallym University Scared
Heart Hospital. The Ilsong Training Center, with the
total floor space of 182 pyong, has one lecture room
with 60 seats, 2 seminar rooms, a lounge and an office
for course administration and operation. The lecture
room is used for introductory education programs for
newly hired personnel, for education programs by position
and for training programs to improve task performances.
Seminar rooms are used for various small-group activities,
meetings and customer satisfaction (CS) education programs.
Clinical
instructors have benefited opportunities to participate
at academic conferences held home and abroad as well
as to receive long-term overseas trainings. Most clinical
faculty members at the level of associate professors
and above have already received overseas trainings.
This year, a special measure was taken so that many
clinical staff, doubled in number over the previous
year, can enjoy overseas training, in addition to short-term
overseas training programs to be conducted on a regular
base.
Over
400 full-time faculty members, bigger than the number
of enrolled students at the College of Medicine at Hallym
University, are devoting themselves actively to academic
research projects in addition to student teaching and
medical examination and treatment.
The
Ilsong Research Institute of Life Science, expanded
and restructured from the Institute of Environment and
Life Science established in 1994, was designated last
September as the Life and Aging Research Center by the
Ministry of Health and Welfare and by the Korean Health
Industry Development Institute. This Institute was also
appointed last May as the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
(BSE) Diagnosis Center, the only one of its kind in
Korea, by the National Institute of Health.
Hallym
Academy of Science is a special research institute established
in January 1990 by the late Dr. Duck-Sun Yoon, the founder
of Ilsong Education Foundation. He had spent his life
with the following motto: "I will devote my whole
life as a foundation stone buried underground for this
country rather than as a column or a crossbeam seen
by others." On the basis of enormous medical businesses
grown and taken care of during his whole life, Dr. Yoon
had established a research institute of world class
by inviting prominent scholars home and abroad including
the researchers at the University. By doing so, he had
made Hallym University fufill its mission of student
teaching and academic research. Through such efforts,
Dr. Yoon had endeavored to enhance the status of the
University. He had also tried to make a great contribution
to the development and prosperity of Korea and its people
as well as to the future of all mankinds of the world.
The
Hallym Academy of Science consists of prominent senior
scholars and distinguished leaders of the academic circle,
who are conducting research activities with extraordinary
and almost unlimited financial assistance, under the
leadership of the Chairman Dai-Won Yoon of the Hallym
Academy of Science (Chairman of Ilsong Foundation) and
the President Seung-Jong Hyun (former President of Hallym
University, former President of Seong-Gyun-Gwan University,
former Prime Minister). 
Hallym
University celebrated its 20th anniversary last year.
According to the comprehensive evaluation for all Korean
universities administered by Jung-Ang Daily News
(one of the major newspapers in Korea) in 1995, Hallym
University ranked 5th out of 132 universities, and thereafter
it has maintained its place in the top 10 percent of
all Korean universities as annual assessment continued,
as one of the first class universities in Korean both
in name and realty. 
The
5 hospitals under the Hallym University Medical Center
will moderinize further their abundant conditions for
education, research and medical service. Each hospital
will also play a pivotal role as a leading medical center
in the local community by providing medical services
of the best quality. In addition, the Hallym University
Sacred Heart Hospital at Pyong-Chon-Dong in Anyang City,
Gyonggi-Do Province is in a hurry to expand its facilities
quietly with aims to contribute to improving people`s
health of Korea. Each hospital has established a mission
for the Medical-Center-oriented hospital management
with specialized medical services differentiated from
those of other hospitals. All staff have a great expectation
for such endeavors.
By
providing medical services of high quality while meeting
the patients` needs and, hence, securing their self-impression,
Hallym University Medical Center will emerge as a model
hospital unfolding a new chapter in the hospital management.
In addition, all staff of the Center do their best to
make their dreams come true: the dreams to make a great
contribution to improving the health of local residents
and to developing the medical circle in Korea as a whole.