Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Eight-year-old with leukemia can return to school after therapy enabled by Samsung family donation

Eight-year-old Kim Yoo-na, who battled leukemia, returned to school after receiving innovative CAR-T therapy funded by Samsung's Lee family donation, which significantly improved her health and avoided a bone-marrow transplant.

2025-11-05

Court finds caregiver guilty of involuntary manslaughter in elderly patient's death

A caregiver in their 60s was sentenced to prison for leaving an elderly person with dementia in a water-filled bathtub, resulting in the person’s death.

2025-10-15

Woman diagnosed with HIV in rural Korea, claims no sexual contact since husband's death

An 80-something woman living alone in rural Korea has shocked the medical community after being diagnosed with HIV — an exceptionally rare finding for someone her age and with no known risk factors.

2025-08-08

Number of heat-related patients surges at record pace amid extreme heat wave

The number of heat-related illness cases is rising at the fastest pace on record this summer amid scorching heat, health authorities said Thursday, urging vulnerable groups to take extra precautions.

2025-07-10

Wait times for outpatients at nation's top university hospital double amid strike

Waiting times for outpatient treatment at Seoul National University Hospital have doubled, resulting in an average wait of 62 days before seeing a doctor.

2024-10-15

Patience is needed to ease patients’ pain

Their war of nerves must stop here.

2024-09-08

Most vulnerable patients hit hardest amid gov't and medical sector standoff

Patients in critical condition or with severe illnesses are being hit the hardest by the ongoing clash between the government and the medical sector over the medical school quota expansion. Patients hold both sides responsible for the medical crisis.

2024-04-19

Patients die while searching for available hospitals amid medical vacuum

A patient in her 60s seeking help for chest pain in South Gyeongsang died last month while awaiting surgery after six nearby hospitals refused her admission, fire authorities said Wednesday.

2024-04-18

Gov't begins procedures to suspend striking trainee doctors

The government doubled down on Monday by beginning administrative procedures to suspend the licenses of some 7,000 junior trainee doctors on strike.

2024-03-04

Tom and Jerry

The People Power Party (PPP)’s innovation committee chair Ihn Yo-han went to Busan to meet former PPP leader Lee Jun-seok, but Lee sarcastically said, “The patient is in Seoul.”

2023-11-05