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incapacitated
Joined: 01 Feb 2006
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 Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:14 pm Post subject: Surgery at Soon Chun Hyang hospital |
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I've heard horror stories about hospitals here, and some decent ones as well. I have to have orthopedic surger for a broken wrist next week and I'm wondering if anyone has had an experience with Soon Chun Hyang.
Anything I should be prepared for/watch out for? |
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howie2424
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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I've had surgery there twice. The surgeons were both very skilled and everything went very well. One of the operations was a repeat of a surgery I'd had back home. They used a more advanced technique here and the result was much better.
If you've never experienced a Korean hospital stay you should know that the rooms are small and crowded because the patient's family members stay with the patient 24/7. Makes for a pretty noisy environment. If you're just staying overnight I'd spring for the private room. Expensive, but you'll get a lot more sleep. |
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saram_
Joined: 13 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| howie2424 wrote: |
I've had surgery there twice. The surgeons were both very skilled and everything went very well. One of the operations was a repeat of a surgery I'd had back home. They used a more advanced technique here and the result was much better.
If you've never experienced a Korean hospital stay you should know that the rooms are small and crowded because the patient's family members stay with the patient 24/7. Makes for a pretty noisy environment. If you're just staying overnight I'd spring for the private room. Expensive, but you'll get a lot more sleep. |
From my experience at hospitals (not the above one mind) the rooms with larger groups of people are better than the more private rooms. The "private rooms" were two to a room ( maybe the above hospital is one to a room? ) and its kind of pot luck who you sharing with. Could end being less comfortable but far more expensive like what happened in my case. Often though we don't have a choice of room. You need to get there as early as you can to "check in". The larger rooms fill up a lot faster and pre booking is not an option. They are like less than 20,000 per night compared to about 80,000- 100,000.
I ended up being in a more private room and a larger room on separate nights and found the larger room more comfortable.. |
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howie2424
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 2:44 am Post subject: |
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Yes, saram_ I agree. My first stay there was a true private room, (bed, sofa, TV, bathroom) but it was pricey; 240,000 a night. My second stay was longer so I went with the 3 person room, but as you said, the 6 person rooms looked to be roomier.
The nice thing about that particular hospital (perhaps they're all like this, I don't know) was that they had foreigner meals. My roommates had to drool in their kimcha chigae while I had steak and eggs for breakfast.  |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:05 am Post subject: |
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And remember: If you need anything like juice, or something to eat between meals, you have to provide it yourself. And you're literally on your own after surgery if you don't have a family member to help you with bathroom/shower trips.
If you think you're going to be really out of it, it's possible to hire an outside nurse to help you out. Talk to your doctor or the hospital. |
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