'국내 첫 영리병원' 제주 녹지병원 개설허가 취소<br /><br />The Jeju provincial government has cancelled the permit of the Chinese-owned medical center that would have been Korea's first for-profit hospital, …after it missed the deadline to start medical services.<br /> At a press conference on Wednesday, Jeju Governor Won Hee-ryong said Jeju decided to nullify its conditional approval for the Shanghai-based Greenland Group after reviewing the results of a public hearing conducted on March 26th.<br />He added that Jeju has not been given a proper reason why the hospital's opening had been delayed.<br />The Chinese group has recently requested an extension to the March 4th deadline …set under the current medical law for the opening of the Greenland International Medical Center.<br />The medical center received conditional approval from the Jeju government last December, …but would have only been allowed to treat foreign patients. <br />
