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1. What is Seegene Medical Foundation?

Seegene Medical Foundation, the medical institute specialized in disease screening, conducts diagnostic tests for medical researches and clinical examination using medical test equipment. Seegene Medical Foundation is advancing as the specialized medical institute through 5 core values, quality management, righteous management, human resource development, R&D, and social contribution for its goal ‘global standards for disease screening’.  

2. Seegene Medical Foundation is characterized by management innovation. What do you credit for management innovation?

The importance of laboratory medicine has been gradually increasing. In such circumstances, Seegene Medical Foundation has been ceaselessly innovating to fulfill its mission, ‘improvement of health and happiness for human beings’. For quick reactions against diseases through fast and accurate screening, Seegene Medical Foundation implemented the largest Smart Lab, equipped with computerized systems, in Korea. Another representative achievement is the opening of a regional screening centers to build a nationwide screening system.  

3. Would you explain more details on the nationwide screening system?

For quick medical service and the improvement of screening quality, Seegene Medical Foundation opened regional hub screening centers in sequence with systems and human resources equivalent to those in the headquarters in Seoul. With the Busan Gyeongnam Screening Center, opened in June 2014 as the starting point, Seegene successfully implemented the system to supply screening results in place such by opening places, such as the Daegu Gyeongbuk Screening Center in January 2020, the Gwangju Honam Screening Center in June 2020, and the Daejeon Chungcheong Screening Center in February 2022.

4. What kinds of epidemic control activities has the Foundation been performing in the the COVID-19 pandemic up to now?

Seegene Medical Foundation organized the COVID-19 Emergency Response Team on the basis of the largest molecular diagnosis capability in Korea. For quick response against epidemics, the Foundation is operating the ‘Seegene Mobile Lab’, the high-tech computerized mobile laboratory. For the safe departure of those who visit other countries, the Foundation is operating the Departure Screening Center in Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, and Daejeon.

5. Would you explain the social contribution activities of the Foundation up to now?

Seegene Medical Foundation keeps supporting the medically disadvantaged in Korea, including multi-cultural families, migrant workers, foreign students, and North Korean refugees including diagnostic test. In particular, Seegene Medical Foundation participated in the local volunteer medical service in Kampong Speu, Cambodia and Mombasa, Kenya in cooperation with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, a non-governmental organization. Recently, the Foundation provided the diagnostic testing devices to help Ukraine refugees exposed to the medical vacuum.