Akgwang Optical Promotion Institute, W Hospital, and Optical Cooperative Sign Medical Welfare Agreement... Medical Fee Reduction for 1,145 Eyewear Companies Nationwide

Director Jin Gwang-sik (second from the left in the photo), Hospital Director Woo Sang-hyun (fourth from the left), and Chairman Park Young-hwa (fifth from the left) are holding up the business agreement certificate.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Koo Dae-sun] The Korea Optical Industry Promotion Agency, which has supported eyewear companies and led technological development, signed a business agreement on the 8th with W Hospital and the Korea Optical Industry Cooperative at the meeting room of the Korea Optical Industry Promotion Agency in Buk-gu, Daegu.

This business agreement was established to mutually cooperate with W Hospital, the only microsurgery specialized hospital in Daegu and Gyeongbuk designated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, to improve medical welfare and service support for 1,145 optical companies nationwide, including benefits such as reduced medical fees and convenience in medical treatment.

At the signing ceremony, Jin Gwang-sik, Director of the Korea Optical Industry Promotion Agency, Woo Sang-hyun, Director of W Hospital, and Park Young-hwa, Chairman of the Korea Optical Industry Cooperative, attended and shared a common purpose to enhance the medical welfare of optical industry entrepreneurs.

The main contents of the agreement include nationwide reduced medical fees for optical companies, convenience in medical treatment through advance reservations and consultations for outpatient and inpatient care.

Through this agreement, the Korea Optical Industry Promotion Agency plans to increase the previously insufficient medical welfare in the optical industry and improve the quality of medical services. It is also expected to significantly contribute to health promotion by further strengthening industrial accident medical benefits for workers in eyewear factories handling precision machines such as injection molding machines and presses, as well as companies requiring medical support.

W Hospital is a large general hospital boasting the highest domestic authority in microsurgery and orthopedic joint fields, operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year as an emergency medical institution in the Daegu area. Through this opportunity, optical companies nationwide are expected to receive higher-level industrial medical service benefits.

Park Young-hwa, Chairman of the Korea Optical Industry Cooperative, said, “I am confident that this business agreement will improve industrial safety and medical welfare in the optical industry,” and added, “We will actively support this to become a practical and mid- to long-term cooperative relationship beyond temporary exchanges.”

Jin Gwang-sik, Director of the Korea Optical Industry Promotion Agency, said, “Taking this agreement as an opportunity, we will mutually cooperate with W Hospital to enhance medical welfare in the optical industry and actively support specialized medical services for optical companies nationwide,” and added, “We will continue to pool wisdom and capabilities for the continuous industrial accident medical benefits of optical companies.”

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