‘Mokpo National University Medical School Attraction’ Pan-Citizen Promotion Committee Begins Full-Scale Activities

Composed of 35 Members Including Representatives from Various Civic Groups

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Seunghyun] The Mokpo National University Medical School Attraction Pan-Citizen Promotion Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Promotion Committee) held its launching ceremony at the Mokpo International Football Center on the 23rd and officially began its activities.

At the launching ceremony, the Promotion Committee members, Kim Jong-sik, Mayor of Mokpo, Park Chang-su, Chairman of the Mokpo City Council, Park Min-seo, President of Mokpo National University, and others attended, where a resolution was adopted and read, and a performance praying for the success of attracting the medical school was held.

The Promotion Committee, composed of 35 members from civic groups, academia, the economy, and the medical field, plans to create a nationwide atmosphere and widely publicize the necessity of attracting the medical school to the political circles and local communities, encouraging their participation to establish a medical school and university hospital, a long-standing wish of the 700,000 residents of the southwestern Jeonnam region.

Going forward, the Promotion Committee intends to reassess the progress of attracting the medical school one year after the announcement of the new medical school establishment, explore the direction for the establishment of the new medical school to be discussed in the future, seek cooperation plans with the National Assembly and government ministries, and consolidate citizen capabilities.

Kim Jong-sik, Mayor of Mokpo, emphasized in his greeting, “Mokpo has longed for the attraction of a medical school for the past 30 years, has prepared the Okam university site as the optimal site for 20 years, and was recognized for its high economic feasibility in the government-conducted feasibility study.”

He added, “It is time to widely publicize the validity and necessity of attracting the Mokpo National University Medical School and accelerate the creation of a pan-citizen atmosphere. We expect the committee to play a leading role,” and “Mokpo City will also concentrate all its capabilities and do its best to persuade the government together with the local governments of the southwestern region.”

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