Samsung Medical Center

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Samsung Medical Center
Location Irwon-Dong, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, South Korea
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       37°29 
       17.4°N
   
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Samsung Medical Center (SMC) is a tertiary hospital located in Irwon-Dong of Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, South Korea. It is composed of Samsung Seoul Hospital, Kangbook Samsung Hospital, Samsung Changwon Hospital, and Samsung Life Sciences Research Center. SMC was founded on November 9, 1994.

In 2015, Samsung Medical Center had a capacity of 1,979 beds and treated 85,208 inpatients and 2,027,211 outpatients.

In 2015, the hospital experienced an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and faced criticism for its handling of the incident.

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