• 1898
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• korea’s first private mission hospital in the country, the first modern medical institution in the honam area
  
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• 1909
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• Dr. Forsythe, the second director of presbyterian Medical Center, treated patients with hansen’s disease for the first time in the country

• 1949
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• The first organized resident training system in the country

• 1955
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• The first brachytherapy for cancer patients in the country
  A record-breaking rehabilitation treatment for 100 amputated patients after the Korean War
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• 1961
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• Opening of an independent tumor treatment clinic

• 1963
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• The first registration project of cancer patients in the country

• 1964
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• Leading role in the national parasite eradication movement for the first time in the country

• 1965
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• Introduction of private insurance to reduce patient’s burden of hospitalization cost
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• 1976
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• Rural health project recognized as a successful case in the world (until 2006)

• 1979
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• The first medical missionary from Korea dispatched for 8 years to Bangladesh

• 1980
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• The first rehabilitation ward established in the country

• 1986
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• The first research institute established in a private hospital
  (Christian Medical Research Center affiliated with Presbyterian Mediacal Center)

• 2003
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• Opening of the first clinic for foreign laborers among genneral hospitals in Korea

• 2004
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• The first registration of an international NGO, People for Medical Cooperation International (PMCI), among general Hospitals in Korea

• 2005
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• The first introduction of whole-body imaging MRI in the Honam area

• 2007
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• Selected as the first clinical trial center for medical instruments in the Honam area
  The first intervention center inside an operation room in the country (Hybrid operation room)

• 2009
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• The first introduction of advanced linear accelerator VMAT an 64-channel CT in the country
  The country’s first Cultural Heritage Administration-designated museum associated with a prvate medical institution

• 2011
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• The first introduction of 256-channel ICT in the honam and Chungcheong-do area

• 2012
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• The first introduction of hyperthermia cancer therapy in Jeollabuk-do

• 2015
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• The first introduction of Symbia Intevo SPECT-CT in the country

• 2019
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• The first introduction of hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber in Jeollabuk-do