Gwangju Seo-gu Establishes Region's First 'Infectious Disease Management Division'... Organizational Restructuring Passed by Council

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The organizational restructuring of Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, has been passed after difficulties.

According to Seo-gu and the Seo-gu Council on the 24th, the council held the 291st extraordinary session plenary meeting at 10 a.m. and finally passed the organizational restructuring plan.

In summary, three new divisions were established, one division was abolished, and seven new teams were created.

First, among the five autonomous districts of Gwangju, the 'Infectious Disease Control Division' will be newly established in the public health center for the first time.

Currently, all autonomous districts in Gwangju, including Seo-gu, operate infectious disease control teams. However, the team size is limited to 6-7 members, so not only temporary staff but also employees from other departments have been supporting work during holidays and nights.

Accordingly, Seo-gu decided to strengthen the management and continuous response system for infectious diseases such as COVID-19 by establishing a dedicated department and expanding personnel in line with the national-level upgrade of disease control organizations.

Epidemiological investigation and quarantine response teams will be newly established, and the infectious disease control team will be reorganized from being under the Health Administration Division to the Infectious Disease Control Division. This is expected to enhance the expertise in infectious disease response and reduce the fatigue of employees from other departments who provide support work.

Along with this, a 'Dementia Policy Team' will be established to create a dementia-safe city in accordance with the national responsibility system for dementia.

Due to the increased workload in the culture and sports sector and to enhance efficiency and expertise, the Culture and Sports Division will be split into the 'Culture and Arts Division' and the 'Sports and Tourism Division,' with the establishment of the 'Cultural Industry Team' and the 'Tourism Promotion Team.'

Also, to secure trust in architectural administration through improved efficiency and expertise, the Architecture and Housing Division will be separated into the 'Architecture Division' and the 'Housing Division.' The Urban Planning Division will be abolished, and its affiliated teams will be reassigned.

To promote efficient work through the integration of population and childbirth tasks, a 'Population and Childbirth Policy Team' will be newly established within the Women and Family Division.

The total number of personnel will increase by 61 (41 in the main office, 2 in the council, 16 in affiliated institutions, and 2 in the districts).

With the organizational restructuring plan passed by the council on this day, Seo-gu will report it to Gwangju City for promulgation and finalize it after receiving the city's final approval.

Internally, there are also voices welcoming this organizational restructuring.

An official said, "It seems that the organization has been proactively reorganized in line with the times to respond to increasing administrative demands and that the organization has been efficiently restructured."

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