Seoul National University Hospital signed an MOU with a St. Paul’s Hospital, Ethiopia

Seoul National University Hospital and the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare signed an MOU with St. Paul’s Hospital, Ethiopia on 26th May to provide medical assistance in Ethiopia. Regarding new opened heart center, Seoul National University Hospital agreed to help train doctors, to transfer medical knowledge, to perform joint surgery and clinical training, etc. In Ethiopia there is a shortage of doctors that have specialized in heart, so 43 thousand patients a year are killed by cardiac diseases and 3 hundred people visit foreign countries such as India for treatment. Through this cooperation Ethiopia would be able to strengthen its medical skills about a cardiac disorder and it is also expected to attract its citizen to Korea as a medical destination.