삼성서울병원은 내원 즉시 응급실 선별격리실로 격리하여 진료 결과, 발열, 가래 및 폐렴 증상 확인 후 보건당국에 의심환자로 신고하여 국가지정격리병상에 이송 후 검체채취하여 서울시 보건환경연구원에서 시행한 검사 결과, 메르스 양성으로 확인되었다.
Samsung Medical Center was isolated to the emergency room screening isolation room immediately after visiting the hospital, and reported to the health authorities as a suspected patient after checking the symptoms of fever, phlegm and pneumonia, and was transferred to a state-designated isolation ward, collected samples, and tested by the Seoul Institute for Health and Environment, and confirmed to be positive for MERS.