Ahn Young-geun Appointed as Director of Jeonnam National University Hospital and President of Gwangju-Jeonnam Hospital Association

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Ahn Young-geun, director of Jeonnam National University Hospital, has been inaugurated as the president of the Gwangju-Jeonnam Hospital Association.

According to Jeonnam National University Hospital on the 5th, Director Ahn was appointed as the new president at the Gwangju-Jeonnam Hospital Association's extraordinary general meeting held at 5 p.m. the previous day in the executive meeting room on the first floor of the Biomedical Research Support Center.

Following former president Kim Jae-hyu (director of Gwangju Veterans Hospital), Director Ahn, who was appointed as the new president, will lead the Gwangju-Jeonnam Hospital Association for the next two years.

President Ahn stated, "With the rapid increase in COVID-19 confirmed cases, difficulties in the medical community are intensifying," adding, "I will listen carefully to the realities faced by our local medical field and actively communicate with related organizations such as the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service to wisely overcome challenges together."

Meanwhile, the Gwangju-Jeonnam Hospital Association is an organization under the Korea Hospital Association established to promote the health of local residents and improve the quality of community health care. Currently, it has about 400 member hospitals, making it the largest hospital organization in the Honam region in name and reality.

It plays a role in conveying the opinions of the local medical community to the Korea Hospital Association and the government and providing information on government medical policies to its members.

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