Last updated: May 6, 2026
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Use this checklist before you contact a Korean clinic, pay a deposit, sign a consent form, or travel for treatment. It helps you ask safer questions and keep records, but it does not verify or recommend any clinic.
Before contacting a clinic
- Write your goal, budget, travel dates, medical history, medications, allergies, and previous treatment records.
- Check whether you are speaking with a clinic, hospital, registered agency, or independent coordinator.
- Save official Korean medical tourism resources before comparing private marketing pages.
Before paying a deposit
- Ask for one written document with treatment, doctor, date, price, refund rules, and included items.
- Confirm the legal name of the payment receiver.
- Keep invoices, receipts, bank details, and screenshots.
Before signing or receiving care
- Ask who performs the procedure and which parts may be delegated.
- Request consent forms in advance when possible.
- Confirm anesthesia, risks, aftercare, emergency contact, and complication handling.
Before leaving Korea
- Receive records of what was done, medication names, warning symptoms, and follow-up instructions.
- Ask when flying, exercise, work, showering, and travel are safe.
- Plan care with a doctor in your home country if follow-up is needed.
If something goes wrong
- Seek urgent medical care for severe pain, fever, breathing difficulty, vision change, heavy bleeding, sudden swelling, numbness, or wound problems.
- Document symptoms, dates, messages, receipts, and clinic responses.
- Use official support or dispute resources when communication breaks down.
Next reading
- Before You Pay a Korean Clinic Deposit: 20 Questions to Ask
- Orthopedic Treatment in Korea: Guide for Foreign Patients
Official resources
- Medical Korea: registered system
- Medical Korea: medical providers
- Medical Korea: convenient services
- Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency
FAQ
Is this checklist a clinic recommendation?
No. It is a neutral safety checklist and does not verify, rank, recommend, or book any clinic.
Should I use it before every clinic consultation?
Yes. Use it before contacting a clinic, paying a deposit, signing consent forms, or leaving Korea after treatment.
What if a clinic refuses written terms?
Treat that as a risk signal. You can ask again clearly, compare another provider, and save all communication records.
Med-in-Korea note
This guide is general educational information. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, treatment recommendation, legal advice, clinic verification, or a substitute for consultation with qualified professionals.
