Vice President of Samsung Lee pleaded guilty Jan their company in spreading the deadly MERS virus infection, therefore, made a public apology to patients and their families. This tells the newspaper the New York Times.

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Vice President of Samsung Lee pleaded guilty Jan their company in spreading the deadly MERS virus infection, therefore, made a public apology to patients and their families. This tells the newspaper the New York Times.

the fact that nearly half of all cases of MERS have been infected in one of the most prestigious hospitals of Seoul Samsung Medical Center. Due to the negligence of the staff and management of the hospital, Korea ranked second after Saudi Arabia country in the spread of MERS: from the disease have already died 27 patients.

Lee Jan, who is the only son of the head of Samsung Group Lee Gonchi, promised that the company will make every possible effort to further combat the virus. During his speech at the press conference, he bowed his head to all patients and their relatives.

"We fell short of expectations and trust of the public," he said.

Interestingly, treated at Samsung Medical Center and is itself a 73-year-old Lee Gonchi. He got there following a heart attack, which happened last year. For his son, Lee Geena, the adoption of fault Samsung for the spread of the virus was the first public speech since the admission of the father.

the MERS (middle East respiratory syndrome) is a viral disease of the respiratory organs with a high rate of mortality. It was first detected in 2012 in Saudi Arabia, but in may introduced a local businessman in South Korea, where MERS has marked its presence with a new burst of activity. As mentioned above, more than half of South Korean patients were infected in Samsung medical center.