Gyeongnam Province: "Changwon is Perfect for Police Hospital Site"

Resolving Medical Service Gaps in the Southern Region and Providing Balanced Public Healthcare Services

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

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] The area of Jaeun-dong, Jinhae-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongnam, has been selected as one of the candidate sites for the establishment of a branch of the Police Hospital.

The National Police Agency decided to establish a branch of the Police Hospital to provide medical welfare services to police officers outside the metropolitan area and to supply balanced national public medical services and respond to national disasters outside the metropolitan area.

Accordingly, in July, 19 cities and counties outside the metropolitan area, including Changwon-si, applied to be candidate sites for the branch establishment.

The Police Agency Site Evaluation Committee selected Changwon, Gyeongnam, Dalseong, Daegu, and Asan, Chungnam as candidate sites based on the first evaluation results considering medical demand, accessibility, and location.

The committee plans to conduct on-site inspections of the three candidate sites this month, carry out a second evaluation, and decide the final establishment site within this year.

Kim Hyuntae, Chairman of the Gyeongnam Autonomous Police Committee, said, “The Police Hospital headquarters is located in Songpa, Seoul, in the metropolitan area, and the Fire Hospital in Eumseong, Chungbuk, in the central region is scheduled to be completed in 2025, but there is no public medical institution to meet police and fire medical demands in the southern region.”

He emphasized, “Although there is abundant medical demand for police and fire services, the supply is insufficient in the southern region. A branch of the Police Hospital should be established in Gyeongnam, the central area of the southern region, to reduce the medical gap for police officers in the southern region and provide balanced national public medical services.”

He added, “We will concentrate all our capabilities together with Gyeongnam Province and Changwon City to be selected as the final site for the establishment of the Police Hospital branch.”

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