Gyeongbuk Province Deploys Strong Support in Healthcare-Underserved Areas... 192 New Public Health Doctors Assigned

Gyeongbuk Provincial Government Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] On the 14th, Gyeongbuk Province assigned 192 newly appointed public health doctors to city and county health centers and public hospitals at the provincial government building's Hwabekdang Hall.

The 192 newly assigned public health doctors include 22 specialists, 46 interns, 38 general practitioners, 30 dentists, and 56 Korean medicine doctors, who will serve for three years at local health centers, health sub-centers, public hospitals, and emergency medical institutions in vulnerable areas.

With the new assignment of 192 doctors this year, a total of 518 public health doctors in the province will play a role not only in infectious disease response but also as guardians of public health care in medically underserved rural and fishing villages.

In particular, 17 doctors were assigned to Ulleungdo Island, including 13 medical doctors such as family medicine, surgery, and pediatrics specialists, 1 dentist, and 3 Korean medicine doctors, to promptly respond to emergency medical situations and provide stable medical services to island residents.

The newly appointed medical public health doctors were early appointed from the 16th of last month and have been performing patient treatment and quarantine duties at infectious disease-dedicated hospitals and health centers to respond to the spread of Omicron.

The newly assigned public health doctors will also support infectious disease response tasks at their workplaces.

Park Seongsu, Director of Welfare and Health Bureau of Gyeongbuk Province, said, "Amid the difficulties faced by local communities such as the COVID-19 infectious disease response, the role and responsibility of public health doctors are even more significant," and added, "I hope that the three years of experience as a public health doctor will be a foundation for becoming an excellent physician."

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