A French woman is recovering at a hospital after being treated for a stroke in South Korea, the hospital said Monday.

The 58-year-old woman was rushed to the nearby Seoul St. Mary's Hospital on Aug. 11 by one of her fellow tourists who came to South Korea with the woman after she suddenly dropped her hand-held luggage and stopped understanding conversation.

Doctors at the hospital conducted surgery after confirming the patient was suffering from a cerebral infarction through a computed tomography angiography. The whole medical process was finished about an hour after she arrived at the hospital's emergency room, according to the hospital.

She said it's meaningful that her life was saved by a country she likes. She has tattoos to prove it -- "love you" in Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, and another of the Korean flag.

She is set to be released from the hospital on Tuesday before returning to France. (Yonhap)