Hanyang University Hospital and National Medical Center Sign MOU on Occupational Disease Prevention

Hanyang University Hospital announced on the 15th that it has signed a business agreement with the National Medical Center for the prevention of occupational diseases and mutual development.

Hanyang University Hospital signed a business agreement with the National Medical Center on the 14th in the first conference room on the 8th floor of the East Building to prevent occupational diseases and promote mutual development. Lee Hyung-jung, director of Hanyang University Hospital (left), and Joo Young-soo, director of the National Medical Center, are posing for a commemorative photo.
[Photo by Hanyang University Hospital]

Key officials attended the signing ceremony, including Lee Hyung-jung, Director of Hanyang University Hospital; Kwon Oh-gyun, Director of Operations Support; Song Jae-chul, Director of the Seoul Occupational Disease Safety Center (Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine); Kim In-ah, Deputy Director (Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine); Joo Young-soo, Director of the National Medical Center; and Jin Sung-chan, Head of Planning and Coordination Headquarters.

Through this agreement, the two institutions agreed to establish and exchange mutual advisory and cooperative systems related to occupational environmental health. To this end, Hanyang University Hospital will collaborate on the operation of a poisoning surveillance system. The National Medical Center will build a system for detecting and referring patients suspected of occupational diseases, and the two institutions will engage in mutual exchange and cooperation to prevent occupational diseases and major accidents.

Director Lee Hyung-jung stated, "Hanyang University Hospital has played a leading role in the early detection of occupational diseases and the prevention of major accidents, including opening the country's first Occupational Disease Safety Center. Through this agreement, we will do our best to enable both institutions to serve as a focal point for establishing a monitoring system for occupational diseases and early detection of occupational diseases."

Director Joo Young-soo said, "The National Medical Center has strived to improve the efficiency and satisfaction of public healthcare and promote public health for the development of national health care. Through this agreement, we will strengthen the National Medical Center's role in public health care and work to contribute to the establishment of a medical system for patients suspected of occupational diseases and the prevention of major accidents."

Hanyang University Hospital is the only Occupational Disease Safety Center in the Seoul area and collaborates with the Central Emergency Medical Center, six regional emergency medical centers in Seoul, and clinical departments.

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