Gyeonggi-do Operates 'Temporary Public Medical Facility' at Anseong Rest Area

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will establish and operate a simple public medical institution at a highway rest area.

Gyeonggi Province announced that it has signed a written "Business Agreement on the Establishment of Public Medical Institutions at Highway Rest Areas" with Korea Expressway Corporation on the 10th, deciding to open and operate a public medical institution capable of providing simple internal medicine consultations, emergency treatment, and vaccinations at the Anseong Rest Area on the Seoul-bound side of the Gyeongbu Expressway starting this October.

The province explained that it is meaningful in that the idea from Gyeonggi residents, who wished for the installation of public hospitals at highway rest areas, has been adopted as an actual policy.

According to the agreement, the two organizations will actively promote the installation of public medical institutions at rest areas to ensure the safety of highway users and the treatment of emergency patients.

The province will invite bids for the entrusted institution from medical corporations and school corporations operating medical institutions. Once the operating institution is selected, construction will begin immediately, and full-scale operation will start in October.

The province plans to invest 400 million KRW to prepare a public medical institution in a 76㎡ prefabricated building.

Korea Expressway Corporation will provide part of the Anseong Rest Area site free of charge as the site for the public medical institution and assist with on-site support for emergency patient treatment and transport.

Choi Young-sung, Director of the Health and Medical Policy Division of the province, said, "The installation of public medical institutions on highways was a key idea that received much attention when the proposal was adopted, and with this agreement, it has reached the realization stage. We will prepare without any setbacks to provide medical services starting in October."

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