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Comprehensive Medical Checkup Center

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Comprehensive Medical Checkup Center

Comprehensive
Medical Checkup Center

Special coordinators from comprehensive medical checkup center plan proper programs to meet your needs considering family history. If you choose checkup programs suited to centenarians or overnight complete checkup program, you can get service more speedily and conveniently.

Physical checkup programs

a choice for healthy life – Classic
Sahmyook Medical Center, the first official hospital for a physical checkup of US visa application in 1957, provides complete checkup program for you to maintain good health with reasonable price.
a choice for carefree life and vitality – Noble
A detailed and through checkup program including sleep endoscopy(for stomach and colon) is given to those who concern about deteriorated health due to overwork and stress. Bone mineral density test, gynecological ultrasonography and breast ultrasonography for women are included.
a choice for perfect health care – Premium
A perfect health care program would be given while resting comfortably. A prognosis of possibility for cardiac infarction can be made through latest cardiac ultrasonography test and high speed CT test with 64 channels would be performed on selected part of the body(GE VCT with 64 channels, the world's highest speed with minimum exposure to radiation).
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Men
· All items of basic elements + MRI/MRA, early lung cancer detection/heart CT, atherogenic index
· ultrasonography-abdomen/ thyroid/ heart/ carotid/ prostate
· sleep endoscopy(stomach/colon), bone density, male hormone

Women
· All items of basic elements + MRI/MRA, early lung cancer detection/heart CT, atherogenic index
· ultrasonography-abdomen/ thyroid/ heart/ carotid/ breast/ gynecology
· sleep endoscopy(stomach/colon), bone density, female hormone
· human papilloma virus

Basic Elements of physical checkup

Section	Test list
Basic test	medical examination by interview, body measurement with BMI, eye test(eye exam, color test, intraocular pressure, eyeground) urine test, stool test
Blood test	blood test, anemia, blood type, liver, thyroid, kidney, diabetes, pancreas, gout, electrolyte, calcium metabolism, hepatitis(A,B,C, type), rheumatoid arthritis, AIDS, syphilis, total protein, total bilirubin, arteriosclerosis
Tumor marker test	liver cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer
Respiratory system test	function of lung, chest X-ray
Cardiovascular system test	ECG(electrocardiogram)
Alimentary system test	gastrofiberscope or upper gastrointestinography(select one) abdomen ultrasonography(liver, bladder, biliary tract, kidney, spleen, pancreas) abdomen X-ray
Gynecology test	breast X-ray, liquid cervical cancer test, gynecological exam
Dental exam
Result consultation by specialist	test result consultation and assessment of dietary intake

In-depth test program

Section	Test list
Cancer	Men	basic elements+sleep endoscopy (stomach/ colon), abdomen CT, early lung cancer detection CT, bone density, ultrasonography-thyroid/ prostate
Cancer	Women	basic elements+sleep endoscopy (stomach/ colon), abdomen CT, early stage lung cancer detection CT, bone density, human papilloma virus, breast and gynecological ultrasonography
Special cancer	Men	basic elements+sleep endoscopy (stomach/ colon), abdomen CT, early lung cancer detection CT, bone density, prostate/thyroid ultrasonography, PET-CT, Pepsinogen
Cerebrovascular system senility	basic elements+brain MRI+MRA, APOB, cerebrovascular assessment
Cardio vascular system	basic elements+cardiovascular system 3D CT, heart ultrasonography, 4 special blood tests for heart (CPK, CK-MB, Troponin- I, Myoglobin), cardiovascular assessment+APOB
Digestive system (abdomen/ lower-abdomen)	basic elements+sleep endoscopy (stomach/ colon), abdomen/ pelvis CT (contrast medium), Pepsinogen
Hepatitis (type) B	basic elements+hepatitis B E antibody, E antigen, B type DNA test, abdomen CT (contrast medium), PMKA-II
Respiratory system	basic elements+CT for early stage lung cancer detection (low-dose chest CT), Neck CT
Women	basicelements + breast/ gynecological / thyroid ultrasonography, female hormone, bone density, human papilloma virus(HPV-DNA)
Menopause test	Men	basic elements+bone density, male hormone, growth hormone(IGF1)
Menopause test	Women	basic elements+bone density, female hormone, growth hormone
Special digestive system	basic elements+capsule endoscopy, abdomen/ pelvis CT (contrast medium), Pepsinogen
Soon-to-be married couple	Men	basic elements+male hormone, prostate ultrasonography
Soon-to-be married couple	Women	basic elements+rubella test, gynecological/ breast/ thyroid ultrasonography

Patients‘ Rights and Responsibilities

Patients’ Rights

1. Right to receive medical care

Patients have the right to receive proper medical and nursing services for their Health Protection and Promotion and they will not be discriminated for gender, age, religion, status, nationality, language, race, or physical/mental/financial circumstances nor be violated of their health. Medical team may not deny medical care without justifiable reason.

2. Right to be informed & autonomous decision

Patients have the right to receive be well-informed and to inquire in detail about the treating physician’s specialty, status of their disease, purpose of the treatment, treatment plan, method, expected results and side effects of the treatment, discharge plan, medical cost, whether or not they are a subject to medical research, organ transplant/donation and etc, and to decide whether to give consent. Patients may stop or deny specific treatment or planned medical care within the ethical guideline and may decide on an alternative treatment.

3. Right to have confidentiality

Patients will not be violated of their rights to confidentiality regarding their physical/health status and privacy.
Medical team and facility may not reveal or announce patient’s confidential information, including personal information, unless patient has gives consent or specified in the law, such as criminal investigation.

4. Right to request for consultation and mediation

Patients may request for consultation and mediation from an internal or external agency (Korea Consumer Agency, Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency) in the event of any medical dispute.

5. Right to be respected of values or beliefs

Patients will not be discriminated for their culture, religious values or beliefs, and their rights will not be violated.

6. Right to be physically protected and to have stability of mind and bod

Patients have the right to be protected from possible danger in the hospital and to have the stability of mind and body.

Patients’ Responsibilities

1. Responsible to trust and respect the medical team

Patients must accurately inform the medical team of their health condition, trust and respect the medical team’s treatment plan. Patients may be responsible for consequences which results from not following the instruction.

2. Responsible to not use dishonest method for medical treatment

Patients must reveal their identity before receiving any medical care and must not use false or dishonest method, such as receiving medical case under disguised ownership.

3. Responsible to abide by all hospital regulations

Patients must abide by all hospital regulations, respect hospital staff and other patients, and earnestly fulfill the financial obligation to the hospital

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