Five Incheon-Style Postpartum Care Centers to Open in June... Strengthening Public Nature and Service Quality of Private Facilities

Incheon-style Postpartum Care Center Briefing Session
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Five Incheon-style postpartum care centers, which enhance the public nature and service quality of private postpartum care centers, will open in June.

Incheon City announced on the 8th that it plans to select five Incheon-style postpartum care centers after receiving applications from 28 private postpartum care centers in the region by the 16th and conducting an evaluation by a review committee. The operation will start simultaneously at the five centers on June 1.

The Incheon-style postpartum care center project is the first of its kind nationwide, initiated by Incheon City to strengthen the public nature of private postpartum care centers. Among private postpartum care centers, excellent centers are selected based on service quality evaluations including infection prevention, safety management, and care for mothers and newborns.

Selected postpartum care centers will receive financial support of up to 30 million KRW to be used for expanding infection prevention and safety management equipment.

The Incheon-style postpartum care centers provide various childcare education programs such as parent-child attachment formation education, and after the mother is discharged, they offer home visit nursing services for postpartum depression prevention and breastfeeding education.

The designation period for Incheon-style postpartum care centers is three years, and Incheon City plans to operate 10 Incheon-style postpartum care centers by next year.

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