Incheon City Discusses Medical Tourism Cooperation with Mongolian Parliament Members... 72% Increase in Mongolian Patients in One Year

On the 3rd, Incheon City announced that Unurbolor, a member of the Mongolian National Assembly, visited Incheon and exchanged opinions with Lee Haeng-sook, Deputy Mayor for Culture and Welfare, on mutual exchange and cooperation plans in the fields of healthcare and medical tourism.

Assemblywoman Unurbolor said, "We appreciate the sharing medical services provided to Mongolian children by Incheon City and medical institutions in Incheon," and added, "We will cooperate more closely in healthcare and medical tourism projects between the global city Incheon and Mongolia."

Deputy Mayor Lee stated, "Incheon City, together with overseas Koreans, is providing the best medical services at excellent medical institutions as a global medical tourism hub city worthy of a 10 million international city, and is doing its best to discover and implement medical tourism policies."

After the meeting, Assemblywoman Unurbolor and her delegation conducted a fam tour at three medical institutions in Incheon, including the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority Smart City Operation Center, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, and International St. Mary's Hospital.

Lee Haeng-suk, Deputy Mayor for Culture and Welfare of Incheon City (center), and Unurbolor, Member of the Mongolian National Assembly (second from left), are taking a commemorative photo with attendees after discussing mutual exchange and cooperation plans in the fields of healthcare and medical tourism on the 3rd.
[Photo by Incheon City]

Mongolia is a key country in Incheon’s foreign patient attraction project. The number of Mongolian patients visiting Incheon for treatment increased by 71.7%, from 187 in 2021 to 321 last year. Many patients suffer from severe illnesses such as cancer and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In particular, with the COVID-19 endemic, healthcare exchanges between the two countries are also gaining momentum.

To proactively respond to the rapidly recovering international medical tourism market, Incheon City visited Mongolia in May with 46 members from 22 organizations, including 17 medical institutions, forming the Incheon Medical Tourism Joint Marketing Cooperation Group, and held a dedicated Incheon medical tourism briefing session.

Also, last month, five children from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, were invited to Incheon City’s "Asia Exchange City Medical Support Project," where they underwent heart surgery, were fully cured, and returned to their homeland.

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