HanGil Eye Hospital Korea (Republic of)
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HanGil Eye Hospital was established on March 25, 1985 by Dr. KyuHyung Chung in Incheon, South Korea. First, it was a small medical center, which expanded in 1998. The hospital is the fourth best cataract removal center in South Korea.
The clinic's main building has 10 floors, covering an area of 8,900 square meters. The hospital has 17 examination rooms, 6 operating theaters, 22 labs and 5 hospital beds. Every year, the center's specialists hold about 20,000 surgeries, including 5,000 cataract removal surgeries and 700 LASIK vision correction surgeries.
The clinic uses the so-called One-day One-stop system, which offers a full eye check-up in 16 ophthalmology fields in just one day. If any disease is found, specialists of the center help the patient choose a suitable treatment plan, aided by 220 types of specialized equipment.
More about the clinic
Every year, the clinic welcomes 200,000 patients, including patients from Russia and post-Soviet states, the US, China, Australia and Canada. The clinic's specialists diagnose and treat retinal diseases, glaucoma, strabismus, cataracts. Eye surgery is also available at the clinic, including LASIK vision correction surgery. The surgery lasts about 25 minutes, after which patients can go back to their daily activity in just a few hours.
The center has the latest high-precision eye diagnostics and treatment equipment: slit-lamp equipment for eyeball examination, Pentacam for cornea examination, IOL Master for eye lens tests, Visucam for pupil examination, FAG (fluorescein angiography) equipment for examining blood circulation within the eye, electroretinography (ERG) that diagnoses the function of the retina and many others.
The clinic also has intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT) equipment, which helps surgeons evaluate the effects of surgical manipulations in real time.
Achievements
- The clinic is recognized as the best hospital in Incheon and in the Gyeonggi-do province. It has also made it to the top 5 ranking of best hospitals in South Korea.
- The clinic boasts an award from the Ministry of Health and Welfare of South Korea, reaffirming its status as a prestigious eye hospital.
- The center boasts numerous achievements and research works in the field of ophthalmologic surgery.
- The clinic's glaucoma center is led by 3 top Korean specialists who studied in the US and Japan.
Location
Incheon is a major city in South Korea. This city has the largest population in the country after Seoul and Busan. Incheon is a city popular with tourists for its many attractions: the Incheon Bridge, Incheon Metropolitan City Museum, and Memorial Hall for Incheon Landing Operation.
Patients can visit the Sinteuri Park, which has a football field, a tennis court and other leisure facilities. The park is about 20 minutes away from the clinic.
