Korea–Mexico Friendship Hospital

{{Short description|Hospital in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico}}

{{Infobox hospital

| name = Korea–Mexico Friendship Hospital

| image = Korea–Mexico Friendship Hospital.jpg

| caption = The hospital (2024)

| coordinates = {{coord|20.9023|-89.6395|region:MX|display=inline,title}}

| mapframe-zoom = 14

| address = Calle 60 466, Sin Nombre de Col 16, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

| opened = {{Start date|2005|07|06}}

| website = {{URL|https://hospitalamistad.yucatan.gob.mx/}} (in Spanish)

}}

The Korea–Mexico Friendship Hospital ({{Langx|es|Hospital de la Amistad Corea-México}}; {{Korean|hangul=한·멕 우정병원}}) is a hospital in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.{{Cite web |last=고 |first=미혜 |date=2022-07-09 |title=멕시코 메리다 '한·멕 우정병원'에 1억원 상당 의료장비 지원 |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20220709007600087 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Yonhap News Agency |language=ko |archive-date=2024-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123094417/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20220709007600087 |url-status=live }} It first opened on July 6, 2005.{{Cite web |date=2005-07-09 |title=한-멕 우정병원 개원 |url=http://www.bosa.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=2008429 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=의학신문 |language=ko |archive-date=2024-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123094417/http://www.bosa.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=2008429 |url-status=live }}

It was established as part of commemorations for the 100th anniversary of Koreans arriving in Mexico. Land was provided by the Mexican government for the construction of the hospital.{{Cite web |title=한-멕 우정병원 기자재 기증식 상세보기{{!}}대사관 보도자료주멕시코 대한민국 대사관 |url=https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/mx-ko/brd/m_5939/view.do?seq=1258189&srchFr=&srchTo=&srchWord=&srchTp=&multi_itm_seq=0&itm_seq_1=0&itm_seq_2=0&company_cd=&company_nm= |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |archive-date=2024-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123094418/https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/mx-ko/brd/m_5939/view.do?seq=1258189&srchFr=&srchTo=&srchWord=&srchTp=&multi_itm_seq=0&itm_seq_1=0&itm_seq_2=0&company_cd=&company_nm= |url-status=live }} The South Korean government invested around US$1 million for the construction of the hospital.{{Cite journal |last=Jung |first=Sanghee |title=Mexico and South Korea: The Participatory Approach in the Field of International Development Cooperation1 |url=https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4337/433759482004/html/ |journal=México y la Cuenca del Pacífico |language=en |issue=18 |pages=65–86}} The hospital has since continued to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, as well as equipment from the South Korean government.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-10 |title=The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea visits the Friendship Hospital in Mérida - The Yucatan Times |url=https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2022/05/the-ambassador-of-the-republic-of-korea-visits-the-friendship-hospital-in-merida/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123094417/https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2022/05/the-ambassador-of-the-republic-of-korea-visits-the-friendship-hospital-in-merida/ |url-status=live }}

It has since become a notable hospital for treating children in the region, and played a significant role in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.