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The Medical Service Group treated more than 300,000 patients and assisted more than 6,000 childbirths
under the name of West German Red Cross Hospital. The Group also provided clinical training on medical
service and surgery to 41 Korean doctors and trained 60 nurses.

Medical Services and Childbirth Assistance Provided by the West German Red Cross Hospital 10)
Unit: no. of persons
Total 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Inpatients 21,562 2,305 4,480 4,750 4,857 5,170

Outpatients 277,250 32,410 65,550 47,904 67,159 64,227
Surgery 6,155 605 1,541 1,217 1,341 1,451
Obstetrics/
Operations 3,529 297 665 742 877 948
Gynecology
Pediatrics 6,551 643 1,287 1,098 1,337 2,186
Childbirth 6,025 239 1,055 1,298 1,503 1,930

4. Progress

Starting in February 2018, the Institute for
Military History of the MND studied Germany’s
medical support activities during the Korean
War and collected related materials to review
the progress and achievements of the German
Medical Service Group. Based on the findings
from the research, the MND held the academic
conference on German medical support activities
during the Korean War on May 10, 2018, to raise
Academic Conference on German Medical Support
public awareness on the issue and gather opinions Activities during the Korean War (May 2018)
from the academia.

10) Deutsches Rotes Kreuz: DAS DRK Korea Hospital, 1954. 4., pp. 6 –7, cited from Cho, Seong-hun, Progress
and Results of the Dispatch of the German Medical Service Group during the Korean War

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