Seoul Seonam Hospital Selected as Regional Responsibility Medical Institution at 'Public Medical Headquarters Launch Ceremony'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] On the 16th, Seoul Seonam Hospital announced that it held the Public Medical Headquarters inauguration ceremony at the Seonam Hospital auditorium in accordance with its selection as a regional responsibility medical institution.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare designates and operates regional and local responsibility medical institutions to strengthen accountability in public healthcare and expand cooperation among healthcare institutions within the region. Institutions selected through an evaluation committee composed of experts establish Public Medical Headquarters and form internal and external consultative bodies to promote cooperative projects linked with the local community.

The main projects planned by the Seonam Hospital Public Medical Headquarters include ▲support for musculoskeletal disease patients' return to the community after discharge ▲transportation, transfer, and medical cooperation for severe emergency patients ▲standardization of infection control practices among medical institutions in the Seonam area ▲establishment and monitoring of a rehabilitation treatment network in the Seonam area ▲essential clinical education projects for personnel at local health and medical institutions, among other comprehensive efforts to improve healthcare services throughout the community.

Key guests at the inauguration ceremony included Song Gwan-young, Director of Seoul Medical Center; Hong Yoon-chul, Director of the Public Health Medical Promotion Institute at Seoul National University Hospital; Lim Jun, Director of the Public Health Medical Support Center at the National Medical Center; and Kim Chang-bo, CEO of the Seoul Metropolitan Public Health Medical Foundation. Approximately 200 local residents who cherish and love Seonam Hospital, including 11-year-old Youngmin, who visits for atopic dermatitis treatment, and 76-year-old grandfather Kwon Soon-dong, receiving rehabilitation treatment for chronic back pain, filled the event seats.

Jang Sung-hee, Director of Seonam Hospital, stated, “As a dedicated COVID-19 infectious disease hospital for over 800 days, we were able to overcome the crisis through social solidarity involving medical staff, local governments, and civil society.” He added, “Through the selection as a regional responsibility medical institution and the inauguration of the Public Medical Headquarters, we strongly hope for solidarity among medical staff, local governments, and civil society to provide the best public healthcare services to local residents and to grow into the best regional responsibility medical institution.”

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