Busan St Mary's Hospital (부산성모병원)

Busan St. Mary's Hospital, which is almost 20 years old, has 26 departments and 377 beds, with approximately 100 medical staff members and 700 employees.<br />The Specialized Pediatric Center provides differentiated medical services, with six pediatricians as well as specialists in urology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, surgery, rehabilitation medicine, and otolaryngology. The Hospice and Palliative Care Center, designated as a specialized palliative care institution by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2009, operates a hospice ward while providing home-based hospice care for patients who cannot be hospitalized.<br />In 2007, the hospital opened a sign language interpretation office, the first of its kind in Korea and the only one in Busan. Two professional sign language interpreters working at the office provide sign language interpretation services. Busan St. Mary&rsquo;s Hospital is a leading medical institution in the community committed to providing optimum medical services to patients by understanding their needs.&nbsp;