Mokpo City Makes Every Effort to Attract National Medical University and University Hospital After 30 Years of Aspiration

Appointment of the Mokpo National University College of Medicine Attraction Promotion Committee

Committee Composed of 27 Members Including City and Provincial Councilors, Academia, and Civic and Social Organizations

Mokpo City, Jeonnam Province (Mayor Park Hong-ryul) held a meeting of the Mokpo National University Medical School Attraction Promotion Committee in the city hall situation room on the 11th, where appointment letters were presented to newly appointed committee members, and pledged to make every effort to attract the medical school.

Mokpo City held the Mokpo National University College of Medicine Attraction Promotion Committee and decided to make every effort to attract the medical school.
[Photo by Mokpo City]

According to the city on the 14th, the committee was formed with 27 members from various sectors including city and provincial council members, academia, and civic and social organizations, in accordance with the ordinance revised in early July concerning the attraction, establishment, and promotion of the National Mokpo University Medical School.

Going forward, the committee plans to build a nationwide consensus and discover key policies to attract the national medical school and university hospital, a 30-year aspiration of the southwestern region of Jeonnam, while enhancing its attraction capabilities through expert consultation and internal and external promotional activities.

Furthermore, at this point where the government has not yet confirmed the establishment of new medical schools, Jeonnam, the only region among the 16 metropolitan cities and provinces nationwide without a medical school, has pledged to actively lead the attraction of a medical school in the Jeonnam area first.

Park Hong-ryul, Mayor of Mokpo City and Chairperson of the Medical School Attraction Promotion Committee, stated, “The regional medical imbalance centered on the metropolitan area is worsening, and the protection of local residents’ medical rights and health rights must not be delayed any longer,” adding, “We will devote all our capabilities to attracting the Mokpo National University Medical School and university hospital, a long-cherished wish of the southwestern region of Jeonnam.”

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