Gyeongbuk National University Hospital and Gyeongbuk Regional Rehabilitation Hospital Hold Forum to Promote Health of Spinal Cord Injury Patients

- Emphasizing the Need for Communication with People with Spinal Cord Injuries

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Kyungpook National University Hospital and the Kyungbuk Regional Rehabilitation Hospital held the '2021 Daegu·Gyeongbuk Regional Community Forum for the Health Promotion of Spinal Cord Injury Patients' as part of the 2021 National Rehabilitation Center rehabilitation service project to support the training of family peer counselors for the social reintegration of spinal cord injury patients.

At the forum, about 20 people attended, including Kim Cheol-hyun, director of Kyungbuk Regional Rehabilitation Hospital, Professor Min Yuseon, head of the Chilgok Kyungpook National University Hospital Regional Disabled Health Care Center, Professor Kim Aeryeong and Director Kim Hosim of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Kyungpook National University Hospital, and Kim Sijong, president of the Daegu Metropolitan City Association of the Korea Spinal Cord Injury Association, along with members.

During the forum, various proposals for health promotion to improve the health and successful social reintegration of spinal cord injury patients were presented, including ▷the establishment of treatment spaces reflecting the characteristics of spinal cord injury patients, ▷promotion of medical-related employment for spinal cord injury patients, ▷expansion of opportunities to provide information on pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare for female spinal cord injury patients, and ▷expansion of home experience opportunities for hospitalized spinal cord injury patients.

Kim Cheol-hyun, director of Kyungbuk Regional Rehabilitation Hospital, said, “We have recognized the need for continuous communication with health and medical professionals for spinal cord injury patients in the community,” adding, “Taking this forum as an opportunity, we will communicate with each other and Kyungbuk Regional Rehabilitation Hospital will play a central role in promoting the health of spinal cord injury patients.”

Meanwhile, Professor Hwang Jong-moon of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Kyungpook National University Hospital, who hosted the forum and serves as the principal investigator of the National Rehabilitation Center rehabilitation service project, stated, “We will actively reflect the proposals made at this forum in clinical and policy research.”

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