Why Market Vendors Brought Gifts to the Neighboring Hospital

Busan Dongnae Market Merchants Association Holds COVID-19 'Thanks Relay' Appreciation Event
Visit to Daedong Hospital Operating Public Relief Hospital and Screening Clinic for Encouragement

Representatives of the Dongnae Market Merchants Association visited the Daedong Hospital screening clinic on the afternoon of the 26th to hold a "Thanks to You Relay" appreciation event, encouraging the medical staff who are working hard to prevent COVID-19.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A gathering was held where market merchants visited a nearby hospital to comfort the medical staff and express their gratitude.

On the afternoon of the 26th, the Busan Dongnae Market Merchants Association visited the screening clinic of Daedong Hospital, which has been working hard to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the local community, to comfort the medical staff and hold a "Thanks to You Relay" gratitude event.

About 10 people, including Park Won-cheong, president of the Dongnae Market Merchants Association, executives and employees of the association, and related personnel such as Park Chan-ho, administrative director of Daedong Hospital, Choi Min-hwan, head of the medical affairs department, Lee Jin-hyung, head of the medical affairs team, and Lee Jae-jin, head of the finance and accounting team, gathered for this gratitude event. The Dongnae Market Merchants Association presented traditional seaweed sets worth about 2 million won to the medical staff and hospital employees as gifts.

Park Won-cheong, president of the Dongnae Market Merchants Association, said, "There have been many difficulties in the local commercial district, including a decrease in sales, since the first COVID-19 confirmed case in Busan occurred in the Dongnae-gu area," adding, "However, over the past five months, Daedong Hospital has actively conducted screening tests and operated as a public reassurance hospital, creating an environment where local residents can feel safe. As daily quarantine measures have been established, the local economy is gradually recovering, which is fortunate."

Dongnae Market is holding the Korea Together Sale event from the 26th of this month until the 12th of next month. The Korea Together Sale, a large-scale discount event to overcome consumption contraction caused by COVID-19, will be held nationwide with participation from traditional markets, small business owners, department stores, and marts, offering various discounts and events.

The Dongnae Market Merchants Association will hold the "2020 Dongnae Market Fashion Show Festival" on July 8th during the Korea Together Sale period. A special stage will be set up in the Dongnae Market parking lot, with various congratulatory performances and food stalls operated, and prizes will be distributed to participants.

In particular, through this event, with the cooperation of Daedong Hospital, a local screening medical institution, a thorough quarantine system will be established to prevent community infection by checking visitors' temperatures, ensuring mask-wearing, and hand sanitization. Daedong Hospital has decided to donate a non-contact thermometer to the Dongnae Market Merchants Association to help the smooth progress of this festival.

Park Kyung-hwan, director of Daedong Hospital, said, "We donated a non-contact thermometer to help check the temperatures of local residents visiting the market and to support daily quarantine measures such as mask-wearing and social distancing," adding, "We hope that consumption will be revitalized through the Dongnae Market Together Sale, that the local commercial district will be revived, and that COVID-19 daily quarantine measures will be firmly established."

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