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Correct lead scope and remove misleading network wording

Paid/COI disclosure: I work for Samsung Medical Center in South Korea in a communications/brand strategy role. Samsung Medical Center is my employer. I am not editing the article directly and am asking independent editors to review this request.

The current lead says that Samsung Medical Center "is composed of Samsung Seoul Hospital, Kangbook Samsung Hospital, Samsung Changwon Hospital, and Samsung Life Sciences Research Center." I believe this wording is misleading for readers because the article topic appears to be the Seoul hospital at 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, while Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Samsung Changwon Hospital are separately listed hospital institutions. The word "Kangbook" is also misspelled.

Could an uninvolved editor please replace the first paragraph:

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'''Samsung Medical Center''' ('''SMC'''; [[Korean language|Korean]]: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">삼성의료원</span></span>) is a [[Tertiary referral hospital|tertiary hospital]] located in [[Irwon-Dong]] of [[Gangnam-Gu]], [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]. SMC is composed of Samsung Seoul Hospital, Kangbook Samsung Hospital, Samsung Changwon Hospital, and Samsung Life Sciences Research Center. SMC was founded on November 9, 1994.
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'''Samsung Medical Center''' ('''SMC'''; [[Korean language|Korean]]: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">삼성서울병원</span></span>) is a [[Tertiary referral hospital|tertiary hospital]] in [[Gangnam District]], [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]. It opened in 1994.

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If editors prefer, the network relationship can be addressed later in a separate body section rather than in the lead. Thank you for reviewing. MaxLee0121 (talk) 06:10, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done MaxLee0121 Thank you for your edit request. Best, SpencerT•C 06:36, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Correct Korean name and infobox image

Paid/COI disclosure: I work for Samsung Medical Center in South Korea in a communications/brand strategy role. Samsung Medical Center is my employer. I am not editing the article directly and am asking independent editors to review this request.

Thank you to Spencer for implementing the previous lead-scope request.

I have a follow-up request about the Korean name and infobox. The article is now correctly described as the hospital in Gangnam District, Seoul, but the Korean name still appears as 삼성의료원 in both the lead and infobox. The infobox also still displays an image and caption for Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, which is a different hospital.

Could an uninvolved editor please make these changes?

1. In the lead, please replace:

{{Korean|hangul=삼성의료원}}

with:

{{Korean|hangul=삼성서울병원}}

2. In the infobox, please replace this line:

| native_name      = 삼성 의료원

with:

| native_name      = 삼성서울병원

3. Please remove these current infobox lines unless editors prefer to replace them later with a freely licensed image of Samsung Medical Center itself:

| image            = Kangbuk Samsung Hospital.JPG
| caption          = Kangbuk Samsung Hospital


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I am not requesting any promotional wording. This request is only to align the Korean name and infobox media with the article topic. Thank you for reviewing. MaxLee0121 (talk) 02:07, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Just a brief follow-up on this pending COI edit request. If it is easier for an uninvolved editor to review this in parts, the Korean-name correction alone would be helpful as a first step:
  • In the lead, change Korean: 삼성의료원 to Korean: 삼성서울병원.
  • In the infobox, change | native_name = 삼성 의료원 to | native_name = 삼성서울병원.
The image/caption issue can also be reviewed separately if preferred. Thank you. MaxLee0121 (talk) 00:22, 26 May 2026 (UTC)
@MaxLee0121:  Done, amendments made. ✗plicit 06:59, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Add basic history and operations sections

Paid/COI disclosure: I work for Samsung Medical Center in South Korea in a communications/brand strategy role. Samsung Medical Center is my employer. I am not editing the article directly and am asking independent editors to review this request. Thank you to Spencer and Explicit for reviewing and implementing the earlier requests about the article scope, Korean name, and infobox image. The article is currently very short and still contains only one outdated operational-statistics sentence from 2015. I would like to request a narrow factual update: add short History and Facilities and operations sections, update the infobox staff figure to match the cited annual report, and keep the existing MERS paragraph under its own section heading. The proposed wording uses VISITKOREA, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) for public basic information, and Samsung Medical Center's annual report and official website only for non-evaluative operational facts. I understand that hospital-published sources are self-published, so I am not using them for promotional or evaluative claims. Could an uninvolved editor please make these changes? 1. In the infobox, please replace:

| num_staff        = 6718
| num_staff_year   = 2024

with:

| num_staff        = 7929
| num_staff_year   = 2024

2. Please replace the two short body paragraphs after the lead with the following sectioned text:

== History ==
Samsung Medical Center opened in Seoul in November 1994.<ref name="VISITKOREA">{{cite web |title=Samsung Medical Center (삼성서울병원) |url=https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/svc/contents/MedicalKorea/contentsMedicalKoreaView.do?dataSetId=116&menuSn=923&vcontsId=204941 |website=VISITKOREA |publisher=Korea Tourism Organization |date=12 September 2024 |access-date=17 June 2026}}</ref> According to the hospital's 2024 annual report, it received its medical institution license in June 1994, began providing medical services to the general public in October 1994, and held its grand opening ceremony on 9 November 1994.<ref name="SMCAnnualReportTimeline">{{cite report |title=Samsung Medical Center 2024 Annual Report |url=https://www.samsunghospital.com/en/assets/files/about-smc/SMC_AnnualReport.pdf |publisher=Samsung Medical Center |access-date=17 June 2026 |page=16}}</ref>
== Facilities and operations ==
Samsung Medical Center is located at 81 Irwon-ro in Gangnam District, Seoul.<ref name="VISITKOREA" /> The Ministry of Health and Welfare included Samsung Medical Center in its list of 47 tertiary general hospitals designated for 2024-2026.<ref name="MOHW">{{cite web |script-title=ko:제5기(’24~’26년) 상급종합병원 47개소 지정 |url=https://www.mohw.go.kr/board.es?act=view&bid=0027&list_no=1479568&mid=a10503010100&nPage=1&tag= |publisher=Ministry of Health and Welfare |language=ko |date=29 December 2023 |access-date=17 June 2026}}</ref> The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service reports 1,349 medical and dental doctors at the institution.<ref name="HIRA">{{cite web |script-title=ko:삼성서울병원 |url=https://www.hira.or.kr/ra/hosp/hospInfoAjax.do?ykiho=JDQ4MTg4MSM1MSMkMSMkMCMkODkkMzgxMzUxIzExIyQxIyQzIyQxMyQzNjEwMDIjODEjJDEjJDIjJDgz |website=Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service |language=ko |access-date=17 June 2026}}</ref> According to the hospital's 2024 annual report, it had 7,929 staff members and operated 1,766 beds as of 31 December 2024. The report listed 2,105,507 outpatient visits, 82,357 unique inpatients, and 36,805 surgical procedures in 2024.<ref name="SMCAnnualReportStats">{{cite report |title=Samsung Medical Center 2024 Annual Report |url=https://www.samsunghospital.com/en/assets/files/about-smc/SMC_AnnualReport.pdf |publisher=Samsung Medical Center |access-date=17 June 2026 |pages=9, 45, 59}}</ref> The hospital's official website describes its clinical services as including more than 50 clinical departments, 10 specialized centers, and more than 120 clinics.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Samsung Medical Center |url=https://www.samsunghospital.com/en/about-smc.do |website=Samsung Medical Center |access-date=17 June 2026}}</ref>
== 2015 MERS outbreak ==
In 2015, the hospital suffered an outbreak of [[Middle East respiratory syndrome]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-06-14 |title=South Korea hospital 'is source of many Mers cases' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33125659 |access-date=2021-07-17}}</ref> and was criticised for its poor handling of the incident.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-14 |title=Samsung stigmatized with MERS |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/07/113_180832.html |access-date=2021-07-17 |website=[[The Korea Times]] |language=en}}</ref>

Reason: this would give the article basic encyclopedic information about the hospital's establishment, location, public hospital classification, and current operations, while preserving the existing MERS criticism rather than removing it. The requested additions are factual and avoid promotional wording. Thank you for reviewing. MaxLee0121 (talk) 07:14, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

For ease of review, here are the main supporting sources in clickable form:
The proposed article text is in the preformatted block above so that an uninvolved editor can copy or modify the wikitext if appropriate. Thank you. MaxLee0121 (talk) 07:21, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
A clarification: I realize the proposed History wording may be more detailed than necessary. If editors prefer a more concise version, I would also be comfortable with omitting the detailed licensing/public-service/grand-opening sentence.
In that case, the proposed shorter wording would be:
  • History: Samsung Medical Center opened in Seoul in November 1994.
  • Facilities and operations: Samsung Medical Center is located at 81 Irwon-ro in Gangnam District, Seoul. It is one of 47 tertiary general hospitals designated by South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare for 2024-2026. The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service lists 1,349 medical and dental doctors at the institution.
  • 2024 operating statistics: As of 31 December 2024, Samsung Medical Center had 7,929 staff members and 1,766 beds. In 2024, it recorded 2,105,507 outpatient visits, 82,357 unique inpatients, and 36,805 surgical procedures. The hospital's official website describes its clinical services as including more than 50 clinical departments, 10 specialized centers, and more than 120 clinics.
I am fine with whichever version uninvolved editors consider more encyclopedic. Thank you. MaxLee0121 (talk) 08:21, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

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