90% of senior hospitals participated in the restructuring project of senior general hospitals.

90% of all senior hospitals participated in the project to reorganize university hospitals centered on severe and emergency patients.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare said a total of 11 organizations were selected as the fourth participating institution in the project to support the restructuring of high-level general hospitals.

The hospitals selected this time are Catholic University St. Vincent Hospital, Catholic University of Korea, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Daegu Catholic Hospital, Dong-A University Hospital, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Seoul National University Hospital, Yangsan Busan National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Hospital, and Chungbuk National University Hospital.

As a result, 42 institutions, or 89.3% of the total 47 senior general hospitals, will participate in the structural transformation.

The high-level general hospital restructuring project is to reorganize the high-level general hospital at the top of the medical delivery system so that it can focus on treating severe, emergency, and rare diseases.

Participating hospitals will increase the proportion of severe treatment by 70% and reduce general beds by up to 15%.