Korea Health Industry Development Institute Wins 'ESG Program of the Year' at Healthcare Asia

The Korea Health Industry Development Institute announced on the 30th that its sharing medical service project won the 'ESG Program of the Year Award' at the 'Healthcare Asia Awards' hosted by Charlton Media Group, a specialized Asian management information company, held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore on the 29th (local time).

The Korea Health Industry Development Institute announced on the 30th that its sharing medical service project won the "ESG Program of the Year" award at the Healthcare Asia Awards.
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The Healthcare Asia Awards are given annually by Healthcare Asia, a healthcare magazine addressing medical service issues in the Asian region, to outstanding projects in the healthcare sector. Winners are selected through evaluations by expert panels in the medical industry based on originality, innovation, effectiveness, impact, and dynamism.

The institute explained that with this award, the international recognition was given to the achievements of its sharing medical service project, which since 2011 has invited 418 patients from 28 countries worldwide who were in medical blind spots and helped them recover healthy daily lives through treatment at Korean medical institutions. The organizers highly evaluated the fact that despite many restrictions due to the spread of COVID-19, the project continuously identified foreign patients who had difficulty accessing medical services, and patients from Gabon, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, the Philippines, and others visited Korea to regain their health.

In particular, following the 'Social Contribution Program of the Year Award' at the 2021 Healthcare Asia Medtech Awards, a ceremony recognizing achievements in medical technology, this award once again confirmed the global recognition of the ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) value realization of the sharing medical service project.

Song Taegyun, head of the institute’s International Medical Headquarters, said, “The identity of sharing medical service is to share Korea’s excellent medical technology with neighboring countries in need.” He added, “We will continue to invite medical professionals together to strengthen patient follow-up care and strive to expand and develop the sharing medical service project.”

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