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Dr. Lyu Opens Oriental Health Clinic for KAIST Students on Campus
Dr. Keun-Chul Lyu, an Oriental medical scientist who donated property valued at 57.8 billion won (US$56 million) to KAIST last year, opened a health clinic and a medical research center for astronauts on the KAIST campus on Monday (April 13).
The opening of the two facilities represent the scientist"s lifelong wish to serve society by giving back his knowledge, experience and assets.
Monday"s opening ceremony was attended by 100-odd well-wishers including KAIST President Nam-Pyo Suh, Daejeon City Mayor Sung-Hyo Park and Ki-Ok Kim, President of the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine.
Dr. Lyu"s Health Clinic which is equipped with eight units of medical treatment apparatus called "health booster" that Dr. Lyu developed will offer free medical care for KAIST students. "I would like to open the clinic as a space where students can receive medical treatment and rest anytime," Dr. Lyu said.
The research center for astronauts will focus on the researches to take care of health of space fliers and to help lessen the impact astronauts suffer when the spacecraft enters into the earth´s atmosphere.
On the same day, Dr. Lyu donated his lifetime collection of about 500 rare relic items such as Buddhist statues, ink stones and incense burners to KAIST.
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Oriental Medical Scientist Lyu Awarded Honorary Doctorate Degree from KAIST
KAIST awarded an honorary doctorate degree to Keun-Chul Lyu, an Oriental medical scientist who donated property valued at 57.8 billion won (US$56 million) to KAIST at its 2009 commencement ceremony on Feb. 27.
Dr. Lyu who was born in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, in 1926 received the first-ever doctorate degree in Oriental medicine from Kyung Hee University in 1976. His researches and practices have had profound impact on Oriental medicine in Korea and elsewhere. He successfully administered acupuncture anesthesia for Caesarean section in 1972, for the first time outside China.
During the three years (1973-1975) he worked at the Kyung Hee University"s Apoplexy Center as superintendent, he developed a new cure incorporating the Oriental and Western medicines for patients seized with apoplexy. With a thesis based on the cure, he earned a Ph.D. in medical engineering from Moscow State Technical University Bauman in 1996.
His outstanding capabilities drew attention in the 1970s when he served as a professor of the Department of Acupuncture at Kyung Hee University and later as deputy director of the university"s Hospital of Oriental Medicine. His record of treating about 50,000 patients a year is still touted among the younger generation of Korean Oriental medicine practitioners.
Dr. Lyu"s unselfish spirit of public service has been well exhibited in that he actively engaged in rendering voluntary medical services in rural and medically disadvantaged areas. He also distinguished himself with his strong interest in donation for humanitarian causes. Among his many charitable activities, his donation of a multipurpose gymnasium and golf practice range to a primary school in his native town Cheonan made so many children happy and helped them develop great ambitions. In 2008, he donated property valued at 57.8 billion won (US$56 million) to KAIST, wishing to help broaden the academic horizon of students studying at Korea"s premier research university.
His donation to KAIST was the largest in amount in the history of private donations to universities in Korea.
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