Successfully finished stage 1 of the Laotian modern police hospital construction project
Published 3 books including site survey report and medical plans
Can be used as basic data for international health and medicine projects
[February 5, 2021]
With the Laotian police modern hospital construction project team (led by Professor Lee Gyeong-soo, Preventive Medicine) completing the first stage of the project (local survey, medical plans, architectural designs), Yeungnam Medical Center (Director Kim Jong-yeon) published three books (cover photos above) such as ‘the site survey report (English)’ and the ‘medical plans (Korean/English)’ containing the core functions and detailed operation plans of the hospital.
This site survey book contains the results of investigating the three major central hospitals of Laos, the existing police hospital, major hospitals in Udon Thani and Nong Khai in nearby Thailand, their medical services, hospitalization and outpatient status, and disease trends of patients, as well as Laos’ general health and medical statistics and policy initiatives, and the police modern hospital construction site.
<Meetings on medical personal demand surveys with the medical staff of the police hospital>
For the medical plans, the major roles and key functions of the modern police hospital were set based on the results of examining various literature, medical personnel demand surveys, patient satisfaction surveys, and local resident medical demand surveys; while systemizing through the organization of a comprehensive medical plan including operation plans and necessary personnel plans per department, amount of medical treatment per clinical department, and the levels and types of medical services.
Prior to publishing these three books, project team leader Lee Gyeong-soo said, “With the successful completion of the first stage of the project and publishing the outcomes in books, we expect to increase understanding and interests on international health and medicine projects carried out by the medical center,” while adding, “It has been difficult for schools and institutes hoping to take part in international health and medicine projects to find basic data that they could refer to prepare or plan for projects. This publication should provide some assistance to this.”
Furthermore, the YU Medical Center Laos project team plans to participate in a limited competitive bid for the Laos National Medical University Hospital Construction Project that cost a total of 100 million USD and be overseen by the Export-Import Bank of Korea’s economic development cooperation fund (EDCF). The Laos Project Team plans to continuously search for opportunities to enter new international health and welfare projects, while also looking for conversion projects with the local society development sector including Saemaul Undong in developing countries. Moreover, by cooperating with other universities in the region, it plans to work together with local universities for not only joint international development cooperation projects, but also to offer new or existing departments related to health and medicine, as it expands its business fields.
