Trees Should Be Examined by Qualified Doctors... Gyeongnam Province Conducts Comprehensive Survey of Tree Hospitals in the Region

Promotion Related to the Tree Doctor System and Abolition of Type 2 Hospitals

Gyeongnam Provincial Government. / Photo by Se-ryeong Lee ryeong@

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Gyeongsangnam-do will conduct a full survey of tree hospitals in the province from the 2nd until the end of this month.

Gyeongnam Province plans to promote the Tree Doctor System together with all cities and counties, and check whether the tree hospitals are operating in accordance with the registration criteria, such as whether they have qualified tree doctors.

According to the province, the Tree Doctor System is a system in which professionally qualified tree doctors diagnose sick trees and prescribe pesticides or provide treatment, which has been implemented since 2018.

They operate targeting trees in green spaces such as forests, multi-family housing complexes, and educational institutions.

Tree hospitals are classified into first-class tree hospitals, which can perform all tree medical services including damage diagnosis, prescription, prevention, and treatment, and second-class tree hospitals, which handle prevention and treatment based on diagnosis and prescription by tree doctors.

Except for trees owned by oneself, treatment can only be received through tree hospitals that have tree doctors or tree treatment technicians.

As of October this year, there are 32 first-class hospitals and 22 second-class hospitals operating in the province.

The province plans to focus on informing each hospital that second-class tree hospitals will be abolished on June 27 next year, and that existing second-class hospital workers must newly acquire tree doctor qualifications to operate.

Kang Myeonghyo, Director of the Forest Management Division, said, “Through this inspection, we hope that the Tree Doctor System will be stably established and that the tree medical treatment system in living areas will be established, and that tree hospitals, multi-family housing complexes, and educational institutions in the province will cooperate a lot.”

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