Medical Center
With the opening as Kyoung-sung Women's Medical College in 1938, it was later renamed and annexed as Seoul Women's Medical College in 1948, College of Medicine Woosuk University in 1967. The school was merged with Korea University in 1971, named Korea University College of Medicine. In 1983, the Korea University Medical Center, KUMC, was formed and its first director of the center was inaugurated. Korea University Medical Center has been performing the duty of university hospital, such as called education, research and treatment, and also participating in voluntary work in world-disaster areas as well as disadvantaged areas in South Korea. Korea University Medical Center is a comprehensive medical institution that includes three medical centers, including Anam, Guro and Ansan, as well as three graduate schools, Health & Science University, ten laboratories and specialized centers. Korea University has achieved the highest level of health care process in the world by acquiring JCI certification.
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