Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Opens Suwan Health Living Support Center

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, announced on the 31st that it recently opened the Suwan Health Living Support Center.

Gwangsan-gu was selected for the Ministry of Health and Welfare's 2019 Health Living Support Center function conversion contest project and received project funds including national and city subsidies, investing 365 million KRW for facility costs and 76 million KRW for equipment costs to reinforce existing facilities and equipment.

The center operates a Children's Health Experience Hall as part of the "Gwangsan, a Good Place to Raise Children" project, reflecting the characteristics of Gwangsan-gu, which has a large young population, along with chronic disease, maternal and child health, and rehabilitation health projects.

To maintain lifelong health, lifestyle habits during childhood are important, and for this purpose, various contents related to personal health such as nutrition, exercise, safety, and smoking cessation are provided in the form of play and animation-based experiential programs.

The three-story center includes a Children's Health Experience Hall and a rehabilitation health room for the disabled on the first floor; a multipurpose education room and health promotion room on the second floor; and a maternal and child health room and a community linkage room for resident-led health activities on the third floor.

The center promotes various resident-led health practice programs such as operating our village health clubs to address local health issues together with residents, obesity escape programs for the disabled, and visiting Mom Health leaders.

Kim Sam-ho, mayor of Gwangsan-gu, said, "We have newly renovated the center with the goal of addressing the era's demand from treatment to prevention together with citizens. We will do our best to help residents practice healthy living and enhance individual immunity."

Meanwhile, the opening of this center is a renewal of the existing Suwan Health Branch into a community-based dedicated health promotion institution.

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