Simmons Bed Signs Business Agreement with Samsung Seoul Hospital... Continuing Good Deeds for Pediatric and Adolescent Patients

Promised Total Medical Donation of 300 Million KRW... Support Completed for 21 Children with Rare and Intractable Diseases

Ahn Jung-ho, CEO of Simmons Bed (left), held a signing ceremony with Kwon Oh-jung, Director of Samsung Seoul Hospital, on the 3rd to share their commitment to supporting children with pediatric cancer and severe rare and intractable diseases.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jong-hwa] Simmons, a sleep specialist brand, held a business agreement ceremony with Samsung Medical Center and continues warm acts of kindness such as supporting medical expenses for pediatric and adolescent patients battling childhood cancer and severe rare and intractable diseases.

On the 3rd, Simmons Bed held the agreement ceremony at the main conference room of Samsung Medical Center’s Irwon Station Campus in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, attended by Simmons Bed CEO Ahn Jeong-ho and Samsung Medical Center Director Kwon Oh-jung. Simmons Bed had previously agreed to sign a business agreement (MOU) with Samsung Medical Center in March and decided to donate 300 million KRW for medical expenses. This was to help pediatric and adolescent patients with childhood cancer and severe rare and intractable diseases who might have been neglected during the COVID-19 pandemic when the medical system was on the brink of collapse.

The ceremony, which had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowed both parties to share detailed updates and interim results of patient support. According to Samsung Medical Center, through Simmons Bed’s donation, 21 pediatric and adolescent patients up to the age of 24 received medical expense support.

These patients were in urgent situations requiring continuous hospitalization and rehabilitation treatment due to chronic or severe diseases such as acute leukemia, neuroblastoma, and Pompe disease. The donation was used for ▲ inpatient treatment costs such as surgery and examinations ▲ outpatient treatment costs such as outpatient visits and tests ▲ purchase of medical assistive devices such as wheelchairs and hearing aids. Simmons Bed plans to promptly use the remaining donation funds to help patients who face difficulties due to long-term illness and high medical costs grow into healthy members of society.

In particular, the ceremony included a meaningful moment to express gratitude to Simmons Bed, adding warmth to the event. The patients expressed their thanks to Simmons through a video, and 24 pediatric and adolescent medical staff in charge of patient care at Samsung Medical Center presented a plaque of appreciation along with a framed message of thanks and handwritten signatures to Simmons Bed CEO Ahn Jeong-ho. In response, CEO Ahn smiled warmly at the patients and their families and offered encouragement and support to the medical staff.

Samsung Medical Center Director Kwon Oh-jung said, "In a situation where not only the medical community but society as a whole is facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I deeply thank Simmons Bed for willingly extending a helping hand to pediatric and adolescent patients who were especially in urgent need of support. We will continue to actively cooperate with Simmons Bed to contribute to the health recovery of pediatric and adolescent patients battling childhood cancer and severe rare and intractable diseases," he emphasized.

Meanwhile, Simmons Bed is spreading positive influence through various social contribution campaigns. Recently, it signed an MOU with the Korea Firefighters Welfare Foundation and donated flame-retardant mattresses and bed frame sets worth 100 million KRW to improve firefighters’ welfare and promote fire safety culture. In August, it purchased local agricultural products worth 100 million KRW to help farmers in the Icheon area affected by prolonged monsoon rains and heavy downpours. Furthermore, in April last year, it supported victims of wildfires in Gangwon Province with flame-retardant mattresses worth 300 million KRW.

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