A mobile terminal including a touch screen and a method of controlling a medical apparatus by using the mobile terminal are provided. The method may include displaying, in response to determining that at least one medical apparatus is within a certain range from the mobile terminal based on location information of the at least one medical apparatus, at least one piece of identification information that corresponds to the at least one medical apparatus, detecting a user input for selecting first identification information from the at least one piece of identification information, and displaying, in response to a user input, a user interface for controlling a first medical apparatus that corresponds to the first identification information, on the touch screen.