1988

• 03.01

  Affiliated Hospital of Kyungpook National University’s College of Medicine renamed as “Kyungpook National University Hospital”

• 08.30

  Establishment of the Planning & Coordination Office and of the medical research institute

1987

• 03.01

  Establishment of the educational research office

• 06.24

  Establishment of the computer support room

• 09.24

  Commencement of the construction of the outpatient consultation building

1986

• 09.17

  Opening of Ward #5 (construction commenced on Mar. 31, 1980)

1985

• 10.15

  Opening of the cancer treatment unit at the Department of Radiation Therapy

1983

• 01.21

  Publication of the first issue of the hospital’s newsletter (monthly)

• 11.30

  Publication of the first issue of the hospital’s annual report

1982

• 10.13

  Establishment of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine; split of the Department of Anatomical Pathology from the Department of Clinical Pathology; split-up of the Department of Radiology into the Department of Medical Imaging and the Department of Radiation Therapy; and establishment of seven divisions within the Department of Internal Medicine and of the Department of Pediatric Surgery within the Department of Surgery

• 12.28

  Establishment of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and of eight divisions within the Department of Dentistry

1981

• 05.21

  Awarded a collective Presidential Citation

1980

• 12.

  Completion of renovations of the morgue and the laundry room