Skip to content

Samsung Medical Center

Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

Back to profile1 entries

  1. 2015

    Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak

    Samsung Medical Center was a major site associated with South Korea’s 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak. The hospital was criticized for shortcomings in its handling of the incident and infection-control response, making the outbreak the most significant documented reputational crisis in its history.