Discover Early, Stay Healthy! ... Sacheon City Conducts Early Screening for Rare Diseases and Brain Disorders

Medical Aid Recipients Aged 40 and Over, Bottom 50% of National Health Insurance Premium Payers

Sacheon City Hall, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Sacheon City, Gyeongnam Province, is promoting a disease prevention screening project for vulnerable groups this year.

It provides early screening for special diseases and brain disorders so that low-income local residents can detect and treat diseases early.

The target group includes Sacheon citizens aged 40 and over who are medical aid beneficiaries, workplace subscribers with health insurance premiums of 110,100 KRW, and regional subscribers with premiums of 104,500 KRW or less, representing the lower 50%, who did not receive screening last year.

Last year, 10.72 million KRW was supported for 171 vulnerable individuals, discovering 61 patients through early screening for special diseases and 25 patients through detailed brain disorder examinations.

Support is provided on a first-come, first-served basis for 110 people for special disease screening and 38 people for brain disorder screening. Screenings can be done at Samcheonpo Jeil Hospital, Samcheonpo Seoul Hospital, or Hana Hospital.

Special disease screenings include prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, thyroid screening, arteriosclerosis, electrocardiogram, and bone density tests, while brain disorder screenings involve detailed cerebrovascular examinations such as MRA and MRI.

Applications can be made by visiting the public health center, and submission documents such as the support application form and health insurance premium payment confirmation can be inquired about at the Sacheon City Public Health Center’s Health Promotion Division.

A public health center official said, “We hope to reduce the medical expenses burden for medically vulnerable groups, detect diseases early, and enable them to lead healthy lives through treatment.”

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