Medical Tour in Daegu

Medical tour means coordinating oversea medical service with traveling.

Daegu is specialized in medical tour. 6 medical educational institutions, 3,200 medical clinics and 27,000 medical personnels brought title of 2015 and 2016 best medical city in Korea. Let us introduce ‘Medicity’ Daegu.

Medicity Daegu is the regional project combining doctors, pharmacists, nurses, herbal doctors and dentists from 5 districts and medical associations.

4 board from Medicity Daegu Council support adjusting Daegu medical policy. First patient safety manual in Korea was selected in Daegu and still try best to enhance medical service.

Daegu is known for arm transplant surgery which was the first in Korea and the second in Asia. Now he is acting as promoter as the symbolic achievement of Daegu Medicity. Recent opening of a ball game have presented hope to people.

With outstanding achievement, more than 20,000 foreign patients visited Daegu in 2016 alone.

In order to deal with medical accident of foreigners, 42 hospitals out of 3,000 are selected as leading hospital with strict evaluations. These hospitals are required to have hospital liability policy to ease the anxiety of patients.

Also, medical dispute arbitration board consisted of doctors, lawyers and officials provide administrative and financial support in case of dispute.

Not just in Korea, medical system of Daegu can be found overseas. 17 Medical Tour Promotion Centers in 6 countries including China, Canada, Russia, Cambodia and Kazakhstan, also 8 Joint Hospitals in 3 countries of China, Vietnam and Kazakhstan.