History of YUMC (Yeungnam University Medical Center) 1979. 3. 1 Opened Medical School 1983. 5. 28 Opened Hospital in Medical School 1986. 5. 28 Inaugurated Medical Center 1995. 1. 13 Started OCS (Order Communications system) 1999. 10. 4 Opened Yeongcheon Hospital of Yeungnam University Medical Center 2001. 2. 26 Opened Specialty Center by disease 2002. 7. 5 Established Full-PACS system 2002. 12. 17 Signed collaborative agreement with Tonji Medical Center of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China 2005. 4. 12 Completed the extension of Emergency Medical Center 2005. 9. 1 Announced the vision for new era 2008. 4. 30 Operating 25 departments, 9 specialty centers, and 924 beds 2009.7.21 Selected as a project performance institution ‘specialized in respiratory disease center by region-focus’ by the Ministry of Health and Welfare 2010.7.15 Selected as a emergency disease specialization center 2012.7.25 The first Introduction and Operation of a single system type of PET-MR (Cancer diagnosis machine) in Asia 2012.8.22 The first Introduction and Operation of Novalis-TX (Cancer treatment machine) 2013.9.5 Next generation Robotic surgery system ‘da Vinci Si’ launched 2014.4.29 Regional Respiratory Center of Yeungnam University Medical Center opened.