Signed contract and held ceremony for the ‘Laos Ministry of Public Safety Modern Hospital Construction Project’
[June 4, 2019] The YU Medical Center (Director Kim Tae-nyeon) announced that it had entered an agreement for the modern hospital construction project with the Ministry of Public Security of Laos on May 30. At this event were present Medical Center Director Kim Tae-nyeon, Planning and Adjustment Office Director Song Shi-yeon and Project Supervisor Lee Gyeong-soo (Preventive Medicine Class Professor)
 
 This project is on constructing the Laos Ministry of Public Security Hospital and it is being conducted under the supervision of the YU Medical Center with a budget of 65 million USD (app. 75 billion KRW). YU Medical Center signed an MOU for Laos health and medical system improvement cooperation and Laos national medical center construction projects in December 2010 and this year, it entered an agreement for the Ministry of Public Security modern hospital construction for Laos.

 

 

 
 At the signing ceremony were present YU Medical Center, the supervisor of the Vientiane, Laos project, Gansam Construction, HM&Company, AMIS Technology, Daeyeong Ubitec, and the Laos Ministry of Public Security. The agreement included contents on cooperation to construct a modern hospital for the development of the health and medical industry of Laos and to enhance mutual trust between the parties.

 Currently, Laos has limited medical service supply and so many patients are receiving treatment at a nearby national hospital. Therefore, demand for high quality medical services and the construction of medical infrastructure is continuously rising.

 Director Kim Tae-nyeon said, “We will do our best in the construction of the hospital with the thought that the Laos Ministry of Public Security modern hospital will be a hospital that our family members will receive treatment,” and added, “We will work on making this project a model example for our medical center to export the advanced medical systems of Korea.”

 Following this, the project supervisor, Professor Lee Gyeong-soo gave a briefing on the operation plans and direction for medical services related to the modern hospital construction for the Ministry of Public Security. Professor Lee said, “Through this project, we hope to create a medical system that can ensure systematic medical services to the citizens of Laos.”

 Meanwhile, the YU Medical Center has continued relations with Laos for 10 years to improve the friendly cooperative relationship between Korea and Laos and to make improvements to the health and medical sector of Laos. The ‘Laos Ministry of Public Security Modern Hospital Construction Project’, which is an ODA (official development assistance (ODA) project supported by the EDCF (Economic Development Cooperation Fund in April 2019, selected the YU Medical Center as a consultant to further solidify cooperative relations. Moreover, this is the first time that a medical institute from the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region will participate as a supervisor for an overseas general hospital construction project, and because such case is rare for medical institutes in the Seoul area as well, many medical institutes are paying close attention to this project.