Four local hospitals signed a special pact with Health Authority-Abu Dhabi on patient referral and transfer, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday.

Severance Hospital will specialize in bone cancer, Ewha Womans University Medical Center in gynecological cancers, Cha Medical Center in infertility, and Wooridul Hospital in spinal treatments when the Abu Dhabi administration requests patient referral and transfer.

The hospitals and four others ― Samsung Seoul Hospital, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital and Asan Medical Center ― have signed an agreement with a United Arab Emirati health insurance firm, DAMAN, to ensure patients receive full treatment.

(baejisook@heraldcorp.com)