Ministry of Health and Welfare "Opening of Chungnam Regional Disabled Health Care Center"

[Asia Economy Reporter Byeon Seon-jin] The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that the Chungnam Regional Disabled Health Care Center will hold an opening ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on the 23rd at Chungnam Hongseong Medical Center and begin operations. The Chungnam Regional Disabled Health Care Center is the 15th center to open among regional centers.

Attending the opening ceremony were Kim Jeong-yeon, Director of the Disability Health Division at the Ministry of Health and Welfare; Kim Dong-a, Director of the Central Disabled Health Care Center; Park Young-jin, Director of the Chungnam Regional Disabled Health Care Center; Kim Young-jin, Director of Hongseong Medical Center; Kwak Haeng-geun, Director of the Chungcheongnam-do Disability Welfare Division; Hong Moon-pyo, Member of the National Assembly; and heads of disabled organizations in Chungnam.

Regional Disabled Health Care Centers, designated and operated as hospital-level medical institutions at the metropolitan city and provincial level, coordinate and support primary care physician projects for the disabled and health management projects such as public health centers within their respective regions. Additionally, they serve as base hospitals for examinations, rehabilitation, and treatment, and conduct support for pregnancy and childbirth for women with disabilities, as well as training for medical personnel.

The Chungnam Regional Disabled Health Care Center will carry out tasks such as linking institutions providing health and medical services for the disabled, maternal health projects for women with disabilities, education for disabled individuals, their families, and workers, and providing health care services for approximately 188 disabled facilities, 14 disabled organizations, and about 134,000 disabled persons in the region.

Since 2018, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has been establishing Regional Disabled Health Care Centers to guarantee the health rights and medical accessibility of disabled persons, expanding community-based rehabilitation projects centered on public health centers, and building a management system that provides customized integrated health services for the disabled through linkage between regional centers and public health centers.

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