27 Public Late-Night Pharmacies Operated in Incheon... 10 Additional Locations in Seo-gu and Yeonsu-gu

Incheon City announced on the 16th that it operates 27 public late-night pharmacies across 8 districts.

Until last year, there were no public late-night pharmacies, causing inconvenience for citizens in Seo-gu (Geomdan and Cheongna) and Yeonsu-gu, where 10 new locations have now been designated. As a result, Incheon residents can now access a public late-night pharmacy within a 3km radius in 15 minutes (by car).

Public late-night pharmacies sell medicines and provide guidance on their usage to urgent patients from 10 PM to 1 AM the next day (including holidays).

Incheon’s public late-night pharmacies started with 3 locations in 2019, increasing to 5 in 2020, 11 in 2021, and 13 last year.

However, in Ganghwa and Ongjin areas, due to low usage of pharmacies during late-night hours, it has been difficult to recruit participating pharmacies, so no public late-night pharmacies have been designated there. The city plans to develop various alternative measures to public late-night pharmacies to manage the health of local residents and tourists.

Meanwhile, the city inspects the operation performance of public late-night pharmacies at least once a month. A special inspection conducted over 13 days starting from the 20th of last month found that all 27 locations were operating normally during late-night hours.

An official from Incheon City stated, "We will consider securing additional designated pharmacies and setting a minimum number of operating days to provide substantial public late-night pharmacy services."

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