Last month, a frantic call came into the National Fire Agency’s 119 Safety Reporting Center. A family member reported that Ms. A, a woman in her 70s living in northern Seoul, was vomiting blood.

Free emergency care for people who can’t pay is a requirement anchored to both moral and legal considerations. A hospital like Pioneer is linked to the health of the community. That’s a burden ...

People might attribute midnight bouts of chest pain or waves of nausea to food poisoning, stress or a stubborn case of ...