Nexon Foundation Donates 5 Billion KRW to Build Public Children's Rehabilitation Medical Center

Chairman Kim Jung-wook of the Nexon Foundation (left) and Director Lee Seung-taek of Mokpo Central Hospital are taking a commemorative photo at the business agreement ceremony.

The Nexon Foundation is sponsoring the construction of its fifth pediatric medical facility.

On the 6th, Nexon announced that the Nexon Foundation signed a business agreement with Mokpo Central Hospital of the Mokpo Guam Medical Foundation to build the ‘Jeonnam Region Mokpo Central Hospital·Nexon Public Pediatric Rehabilitation Medical Center’ and pledged to donate 5 billion KRW in funds.

Mokpo Central Hospital is a regional base hospital in Jeonnam selected in 2021 by the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s ‘Public Pediatric Rehabilitation Medical Center Construction Project.’ The project was promoted with a total investment of 7.2 billion KRW (3.6 billion KRW from the national government, 2.5 billion KRW from the provincial government, 1.1 billion KRW from the city government, etc.), but recently faced difficulties in construction due to a lack of funds. Accordingly, the Nexon Foundation decided to donate 5 billion KRW over about three years starting this year to support the construction.

The ‘Jeonnam Region Mokpo Central Hospital·Nexon Public Pediatric Rehabilitation Medical Center,’ to be operated by Mokpo Central Hospital, will be the first ‘Public Pediatric Rehabilitation Medical Center’ in Jeollanam-do, located in Seokhyeon-dong, Mokpo-si, Jeollanam-do. Scheduled for completion in 2024, it will be built with a total floor area of 1,731㎡ (approximately 524 pyeong), consisting of one basement floor and three above-ground floors, and will be equipped with about 20 beds and rehabilitation treatment facilities.

This ‘Jeonnam Region Mokpo Central Hospital·Nexon Public Pediatric Rehabilitation Medical Center’ is the third ‘Public Pediatric Rehabilitation Hospital’ supported by the Nexon Foundation following the Chungcheong and Yeongnam regions, and the fifth pediatric medical facility support case including the ‘Purme Foundation Nexon Pediatric Rehabilitation Hospital’ located in Seoul and the ‘Seoul National University Hospital Nexon Pediatric Integrated Care Center.’ Through this, Nexon has supported the expansion of pediatric medical facilities nationwide in major regional hubs including Seoul, Chungcheong, Yeongnam, and now Honam regions, enabling children nationwide who require rehabilitation treatment to access medical services more conveniently.

Lee Seung-taek, director of Mokpo Central Hospital, said, “Through the operation of the Jeonnam Region Mokpo Central Hospital·Nexon Public Pediatric Rehabilitation Medical Center, we will provide customized intensive treatment and care services for pediatric rehabilitation patients in the Jeonnam region and expand the foundation of public medical services.”

Kim Jung-wook, chairman of the Nexon Foundation, stated, “We hope that children in the Jeonnam region can grow up receiving more stable treatment at a local rehabilitation medical center,” and added, “We will continue to support children and families who need social attention and assistance with sincere hearts toward children.”

Meanwhile, Nexon and the Nexon Foundation have continued their support for expanding pediatric medical facilities, including pledging 10 billion KRW each to Seoul National University Hospital and Changwon Gyeongsang National University Hospital in 2020 and 2021 to build the ‘Seoul National University Hospital Nexon Pediatric Integrated Care Center,’ the nation’s first independent pediatric short-term care medical facility, and to expand public pediatric rehabilitation hospitals in the Gyeongnam region.

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