Korea's high-quality medical services are already well known around the world. Korea has been introduced to foreign media as a country that has dealt well with the COVID-19 pandemic, and in particular, Seoul is a city with well-equipped medical infrastructure with medical technology and professional manpower. As a result, Seoul is emerging as a global medical tourism city across borders.
Newsweek, a U.S. weekly news magazine, selected and announced "World's Best Hospitals 2023" in partnership with Statista, a global research institute, by combining the recommendations of 80,000 medical experts and results of patient satisfaction surveys from 28 countries.
It is notable that 35 hospitals of Seoul Medical Tourism Alliance* were ranked within the top 250 global hospitals selected by Newsweek, such as Asan Medical Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Severance Hospital, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Ewha Womans University Medical Center, Kyung Hee University Hospital, and Konkuk University Medical Center.
In addition, a number of institutions of Seoul Medical Tourism Alliance were ranked top of several lists divided by 11 medical fields. Asan Medical Center in Seoul was ranked third in endocrinology, fourth in urinary tract, sixth in digestive tract, seventh in cancer, and ninth in nerve. Moreover, the expertise of Seoul medical services has been proven around the world, with Asan Medical Center ranking fourth,
Samsung Medical Center ranking fifth, and Seoul National University Hospital ranking sixth side by side in the field of urology. 5 medical institutions within Seoul Medical Tourism Alliance was ranked in the top 100 “World’s Best Hospitals” chosen among 2,200 hospitals around the world.
As proven through the rankings provided above, the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Tourism Organization are contributing to enhance the global status of Seoul’s medical tourism with its institutions within Seoul Medical Tourism Alliance. Now the patients around the world can enjoy the best medical services in the world's best hospitals through medical tours in Seoul.
*It refers to excellent medical institutions, agencies, and tourism service facilities selected by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Medicla Tourism Alliance to create a medical tourism environment in Seoul that foreign medical tourists can trust and visit.