Busan Medical Care Steps Forward Globally... Busan City Holds Consecutive Medical Tourism Industry Briefings and Special Exhibits in Russia

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Trainee Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Busan City and the Busan Economic Promotion Agency held a medical tourism industry briefing and an overseas special pavilion consecutively in Russia, resulting in a total of nine business-to-business agreements.

On the 3rd, the "Busan Medical Tourism Briefing" was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia. From the 6th to the 9th, the "2021 Busan Medical Tourism Industry Overseas Special Pavilion" took place in Moscow.

At the briefing, the Southeast Regional Radiation Medical Center in Busan opened a telemedicine center within the Saint Petersburg Cancer Center and signed an MOU. A medical technology exchange conference was also held.

Medical institutions in Busan that attract foreign patients, including the Southeast Regional Radiation Medical Center, Haeundae Paik Hospital, and Samyuk Busan Hospital, along with patient attraction companies, held a medical tourism briefing locally and signed three MOUs.

Busan City and Saint Petersburg signed a sister city agreement in 2008 and have been engaging in multifaceted international exchanges.

Officials from Saint Petersburg, including about 60 representatives and the Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Saint Petersburg, attended the event, drawing significant local interest in medical technology exchange cooperation between the two cities, according to Busan City officials.

From the 6th to the 9th, the "2021 Busan Medical Tourism Industry Overseas Special Pavilion Medical MICE" was held jointly with the "2021 Russia Healthcare Week International Medical Expo Med Travel Expo" in Moscow, Russia.

Ten local companies participated in the expo, conducting 97 consultations with 69 local buyers and achieving six MOUs.

Jo Yoo-jang, Director of the Tourism MICE Industry Division of Busan City, stated, "We will strengthen our response to the Russian market, which ranks first in foreign patients, by marketing global Busan medical tourism in Saint Petersburg and Moscow, the northwestern regions of Russia."

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