Chungnam Assigns 132 Public Health Doctors to 'Medically Underserved Areas'

Chungnam Province will deploy 132 public health doctors to medically underserved areas within the region.

According to the province on the 14th, the public health doctors to be assigned on-site include 93 newly hired doctors and 39 who have transferred from other cities and provinces.

The health institutions where these public health doctors will be assigned include rural health centers, public health medical centers, health sub-centers, and hospital ships, where they will be responsible for medical treatment of medically vulnerable groups and the implementation of various health projects.

The total number of public health doctors in the province, including newly hired and transferred doctors, is 340, which is 24 fewer than last year.

Considering the continuous decrease in public health doctors, the province plans to strengthen rotating medical services at city and county health sub-centers and implement other measures to ensure that residents in medically underserved areas do not experience inconvenience in accessing health care services.

Sung Man-je, Director of the Provincial Health Policy Division, said, “The number of newly recruited medical public health doctors has significantly decreased compared to those completing their service this year, resulting in a reduction in the total number of public health doctors in the region compared to last year. The province plans to expand rotating medical services to prevent medical gaps in rural medically underserved areas caused by the decrease in public health doctors.”

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