Wando-gun Expands Postpartum Care Center Fee Discounts for Families with First Child Birth

Stable Health Management and Economic Burden Reduction Effects for Newborns and Mothers

Jeonnam Public Postpartum Care Center Branch 3 Exterior Photo by Asia Economy

[Wando＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do, announced that starting this year, residents of the county who give birth to their first child and use the public postpartum care center within Daeseong Hospital will receive a 50% subsidy on the usage fee.

According to the county on the 10th, until last year, Jeollanam-do and Wando-gun supported 70% of the usage fee (1.54 million KRW for 2 weeks) for basic livelihood security recipients, lower-income groups, families with two or more children, multicultural families, families of national merit recipients, mothers with severe disabilities, and returnees to farming and fishing villages.

Starting this year, the county revised its ordinance to expand the support target to include Wando residents who give birth to their first child, allowing them to receive subsidies for the postpartum care center usage fee.

Opened in 2019, the 3rd Jeonnam Public Postpartum Care Center is equipped with 10 maternity rooms, a neonatal room, a nursing room, a massage room, a sitz bath room, a lounge, and a counseling room.

Compared to private postpartum care centers, it offers lower fees and provides comfortable and stable facilities. In addition, it is linked with the hospital’s obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics departments, offering a one-stop service that manages the health of mothers and newborns from before birth to after delivery, receiving great acclaim from mothers.

A Wando-gun Health and Medical Center official said, “Our county is a vulnerable area for rural childbirth and the population decreases every year, so we will continue to implement various childbirth encouragement support policies to alleviate the burden of childbirth and child-rearing.”

Wando＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil ckp6737@asiae.co.kr

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