Foreign patient rights before and after treatment in Korea
The before-treatment topic gathers what a foreign patient in Korea can keep, ask for and call before a disagreement becomes a dispute.
Korea Patient Rights Guide starts with medical records, because every later route looks at them first.
- ArticleWhat should a foreign patient keep before leaving Korea?
Before leaving Korea after treatment that went wrong, a foreign patient can request medical record copies, keep receipts and note the official desks. How to apply for mediation from abroad.
- ArticleWhat is the time limit for medical dispute mediation in Korea?
Medical dispute mediation in Korea must be applied for within 3 years of learning of the harm and who caused it, and within 10 years of the treatment. How these limits work with the Civil Act.
- ArticleWhat compensation exists for medical accidents in Korea?
Advance payment of unpaid damages, no-fault compensation for childbirth accidents up to ₩300 million, and the insurance foreign-patient facilitators and institutions must carry in Korea.
- ToolForeign patient medical dispute trend and help desks
Yearly medical dispute mediation applications by foreign nationals from the agency’s yearbook, with the official help desks for foreign patients filtered by the language you speak.
- StatisticsForeign patient medical dispute mediation in Korea
How many medical dispute mediation applications come from foreign patients in Korea each year, their share of all applications, and the official desks foreign patients can contact.
What does the foreign patient rights topic cover?
Medical record copies, deadlines, help desks, applying from abroad and the insurance in foreign patient care.
What does the foreign patient rights topic not cover?
Choosing a clinic, prices and treatment outcomes are outside the scope of Korea Patient Rights Guide.