Jeju Veterans Affairs Office Expands Designation of Consignment Hospitals for National Merit Recipients

One Additional Long-Term Care Hospital... One Clinic in Seongsan-eup Area Reassigned

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters (Jeju) Reporter Park Chang-won] The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Veterans Affairs Office announced on the 30th that it designated the Jeju Medical Center's affiliated nursing hospital as a consigned hospital on the 29th to provide better medical services to national merit recipients.

The Seongsan-eup area was re-designated to Chosen365 Clinic.

This additional designation was promoted to alleviate difficulties and economic burdens due to the increasing demand among veterans for long-term hospitalization and treatment.

Consigned hospitals are a system where national merit recipients and other veterans can receive treatment at designated consigned hospitals without having to visit veterans hospitals located in six metropolitan cities nationwide. So far, nine hospitals and clinics have been designated and operated in Jeju.

From the 1st of next month, national merit recipients and other veterans can receive treatment not only at existing consigned hospitals but also at the newly designated consigned hospitals.

National merit recipients who have suffered injuries, patients with Agent Orange-related sequelae, etc., can receive treatment funded by the national budget. Veterans aged 75 or older who are enrolled in health insurance can receive a 90% discount on their out-of-pocket medical expenses, and recipients of military merit awards themselves, or bereaved families of independence patriots and national merit recipients, can receive a 60% discount on their out-of-pocket expenses.

Kang Man-hee, head of the Jeju Veterans Affairs Office, said, “The expansion of consigned hospitals is expected to provide high-quality, accessible medical services to veterans, and we will continue to actively strive to strengthen medical services for veterans.”

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