A hospital run by psychiatrist and broadcaster Yang Jae-woong, 44, was found to have closed immediately after the end of its business suspension period over a patient's death.
The Bucheon Public Health Center in Gyeonggi said on the 12th that the hospital operated by Yang Jae-woong filed a closure report on the 1st.
At the time of the closure application, there were no inpatients at the hospital, so no separate transfer measures or prior notice procedures were deemed necessary.
The hospital opened in Bucheon in July 2010. It had 169 beds and, in addition to psychiatry, operated as a specialized medical institution for alcohol addiction treatment.
However, during the treatment of a woman in her 30s, identified as A, who died at the hospital in 2024, unlicensed medical practices by the medical staff (violations of the Medical Service Act) were detected. Accordingly, the hospital received a three-month business suspension and, without filing an objection, suspended operations from January to March.
A was hospitalized at the hospital in May 2024 for treatment of diet pill addiction and died 17 days later of "acute pseudo-obstruction of the intestine."
B, A's primary physician, and four nurses in their 40s to 50s—five people in total—were brought to trial on charges including administering drugs while restraining A's hands and feet in a seclusion room and neglecting to monitor her condition.
Police also referred seven hospital officials, including Yang Jae-woong, to prosecutors, but last month prosecutors requested supplementary investigation from police.