Ulsan Ulju-gun Accelerates Steps to Establish County Hospital

County Governor Lee Sung-geol's On-site Visits to Jeongseon County Hospital, Sokcho Medical Center, and Uljin County Medical Center on the 23rd

On the 23rd, Lee Soon-geol, the Ulju County Governor, consecutively visited three public medical facilities in other regions: Sokcho Medical Center in Gangwon Province, Jeongseon County Hospital, and Uljin County Medical Center, touring the facilities and conducting on-site benchmarking.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dong-guk Lee] Ulju-gun, Ulsan City, is actively moving forward to promote the establishment of the ‘Ulju County Hospital,’ the first pledge of County Governor Lee Soon-geol.

On the 23rd, Lee Soon-geol, Ulju County Governor, visited three public medical facilities in other regions, including Sokcho Medical Center in Gangwon Province, Jeongseon County Hospital, and Uljin County Medical Center in Gyeongbuk, consecutively to tour the facilities and conduct on-site benchmarking.

Governor Lee, along with city council member Gong Jin-hyeok and related officials, attended the site visits to review overall matters regarding the operation of public medical facilities, such as hospital operation status, medical staff supply status, and operational difficulties.

The scale of each medical facility is ▲Sokcho Medical Center with 193 beds ▲Uljin County Medical Center with 148 beds ▲Jeongseon County Hospital with 30 beds, all providing emergency medical services.

Through this benchmarking, the county plans to review the bed capacity of the county hospital, considering a 30-bed general hospital and a general hospital with 100 or 200 beds or more.

Additionally, the county will derive the optimal method by considering establishment methods such as purchasing existing hospitals or buildings, selecting sites and constructing new buildings, and operation methods including consignment to private medical corporations, establishment and operation by medical corporations, or direct management.

Specific details regarding the establishment of the county hospital will be finalized in December by comprehensively reflecting the benchmarking results, the research service on promotion plans conducted until November, and opinions from experts in various fields, the council, and residents.

On the 30th, the county plans to continue its efforts to establish the county hospital by sharing the review contents and collecting residents’ opinions with about 100 residents from the southern region at the Onyang-eup Administrative Welfare Center.

Governor Lee Soon-geol said, “Through the first pledged project ‘Establishment of Ulju County Hospital,’ we will minimize the medical gap caused by the absence of emergency medical facilities in the southern region of Ulju-gun and do our best to guarantee the health rights of the residents by promptly promoting the hospital establishment.”

Since the launch of the 8th civil administration, Governor Lee has shown his determination to promptly build the county hospital by proceeding with the ‘Southern Region County Hospital Establishment Promotion TF Formation and Operation Plan’ as his first approval.

Previously, the southern region of Ulju-gun had complained of inconvenience due to the medical gap after the only general hospital in the area was converted into a nursing hospital in 2019. On the 15th, the Ulju County Hospital Attraction Promotion Committee under the Namulju Development Council submitted a petition and a signature list of 8,000 residents to Ulju-gun, urging the establishment of the hospital.

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