Lemon Healthcare's platform services for patients, Lemon Care, Lemon Care Plus, and Cheonggushin, combine booking, payment, prescriptions, and insurance claims.
Lemon Healthcare’s stock drops over 12% after a controversy over a date-of-birth input example in its mobile app, linked to the Sewol ferry disaster. The app, used in a university hospital partnership, included a placeholder birthdate referencing the 2014 tragedy. Investors react negatively to the association with the sensitive national incident.
Lemon Healthcare apologizes for displaying the **2014 Sewol ferry disaster date (April 16)** as a sample birth date in its patient app, used by major hospitals. The error appeared in a field before being corrected. The company confirms no intentional misuse of the tragic event.
Lemon Healthcare CEO Hong Byung-jin apologizes after the company’s hospital apps used **April 16, 2014**—the date of the *Sewol* ferry disaster—as an example birth date for patients. The inclusion of the nationally sensitive date in digital tools sparked public criticism and prompted the apology.
Lemon Healthcare (365660) experiences a more than 50% price increase during its first trading session on the Kosdaq exchange. The company’s stock debut marks its entry into the public market, drawing significant investor attention.
