The filming locations for the dramas 'Hospital Playlist,' 'Doctor John,' and 'Trauma Center' are all the same. They are at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, which opened in 2019 in Gangseo-gu, Seoul. Since its opening, Ewha Seoul Hospital has focused on investing in vascular disease treatment, and in 2023, it sequentially opened Ewha Cerebrovascular Hospital and Ewha Aortic Vascular Hospital as affiliated facilities. Last year, it established Ewha Mother and Baby Hospital, which focuses on high-risk mothers and newborns. It is the first university hospital in Korea to design standard rooms as three-person rooms, and all intensive care units are operated as single rooms.

Ewha Seoul Hospital is a representative secondary medical institution with medical facilities and staff capabilities at the level of a tertiary general hospital. Secondary medical institutions have relatively lower medical fees, shorter waiting times, and better accessibility.

● Treatment for 1 in 3 Domestic Aortic Disease Patients

Opened in June 2023, Ewha Aortic Vascular Hospital has rapidly grown to treat more than one-third of domestic aortic disease patients (over 1,200 cases annually). The hospital has prepared an emergency surgery and procedure team for aortic and vascular diseases 24/7, accommodating both domestic and international aortic vascular patients.

When an aortic patient from another hospital is accepted, related information is communicated to the medical staff and administrative staff via mobile phones, and surgical preparations are completed before the patient arrives at the hospital. Upon arrival, the patient is immediately moved to the operating room through the 'EXPRESS (Ewha, Xtraordinary PREcision, Safe AORTIC Surgery)' system. All measures have been taken to ensure the 'golden time' is not missed.

The efforts of the medical staff are evidenced by medical records. In July this year, they achieved '2,000 aortic surgeries' in the shortest time globally. After successfully performing the 'integrated thoracic aortic stent insertion' for the first time in Korea in April this year, they achieved 50 cases in the shortest time globally within four months. As the number of emergency aortic patients increased, two 'hybrid operating rooms' capable of performing rare procedures and surgeries in domestic university hospitals were established.

● Delivery Performance Twice the Average of Major Hospitals in the Seoul Metropolitan Area

Ewha Mother and Baby Hospital focuses on high-risk mothers and newborns. There has been a surge in cases of mothers with high bleeding risks, such as placenta previa, visiting the hospital, leading to the establishment of processes for bleeding mothers and a 'FAST track system' for bleeding mothers transferred from other hospitals. The hospital is equipped with a system comparable to that of a tertiary general hospital for treating high-risk fetuses and newborns.

Since the hospital began operations on May 23 last year, approximately 160 births have occurred monthly. Ewha Mother and Baby Hospital started as the Ewha Seoul Hospital Maternity Center in 2019, and by May 2025, it achieved a cumulative 5,000 deliveries, about twice the average of major hospitals in the Seoul metropolitan area. Recently, the mother and baby ward expanded from 20 to 26 beds, and the neonatal intensive care unit expanded from 21 to 24 beds. Joo Woong, Director of Ewha Seoul Hospital, stated, "From the opening, we started with a system where professors directly treat patients without residents," adding, "We are already playing the role of a quaternary hospital in essential medical fields. We plan to further enhance facilities and medical staff to advance to a tertiary hospital in the future."

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