Ministry of Health and Welfare and Life Insurance Social Contribution Foundation "Suicide Prevention and Life Respect Culture Business Agreement"

The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Life Insurance Social Contribution Foundation announced on the 7th that they have signed a business agreement to promote 'Suicide Prevention and the Cultivation of a Life-Respecting Culture.'

This business agreement was initiated to discover high-risk groups for suicide and strengthen support such as treatment by cooperating with private social contribution activities, while also spreading a culture that respects life.

Starting this year, the government will begin providing treatment cost support for suicide attempters and suicide bereaved families as a new project.

Suicide attempters who visit the emergency room can apply for post-management services through case managers at the Life Love Crisis Response Center after consenting to the service, and suicide bereaved families who visit suicide prevention centers (Mental Health Welfare Centers) can apply through the center after registering with a case manager. This support covers treatment costs and hospitalization fees due to physical injuries, psychiatric outpatient and inpatient fees, and psychological counseling fees.

The support target is those with a median income of 120% or less, and the support limit is within 1 million KRW. However, in cases where treatment costs exceed 1 million KRW, additional costs can be supported if deemed necessary after a qualification review by the Korea Life Respect Hope Foundation, the project executing agency.

According to this business agreement, the Ministry of Health and Welfare will establish policy grounds to ensure that the suicide prevention projects carried out by the Life Insurance Social Contribution Foundation can be effectively promoted and will support collaboration with suicide prevention project executing agencies.

The Life Insurance Social Contribution Foundation, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Welfare, will provide treatment cost support even when the income of high-risk suicide groups discovered in emergency rooms or suicide prevention centers exceeds the range supported by national funds, thereby supplementing and strengthening the government's protection system for high-risk suicide groups.

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