Haenam-gun, Pilot Operation of Mobile Medical Clinic Service

" Ome Joeungeo" Neighborhood Health Centers Are Coming to Every Corner

Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do will pilot the ‘Neighborhood Health Center Visiting Every Corner’ program starting next month to alleviate the inconvenience faced by elderly people who have difficulty visiting medical institutions.

According to the county on the 30th, the neighborhood health centers consist of 13 health branches and 18 health clinics, where public health doctors and responsible officials visit senior centers in villages with poor transportation to provide consultations and medical examinations for common health concerns, one-on-one medication counseling, and education on proper disposal of pharmaceuticals.

Haenam-gun will pilot a neighborhood health center that visits every corner starting next month.
[Photo by Haenam-gun]

In addition, they will conduct blood pressure and blood sugar tests, dementia and depression screenings, and assist with counseling and disposal if seniors bring medications they are currently taking or need to discard to the senior centers.

Elderly individuals with health issues will be connected with their families or secondary medical institutions to ensure timely treatment.

Meanwhile, since February, Haenam-gun has been operating the ‘Visiting Health 100-Year Happiness Bus,’ providing various integrated medical services such as dental care, Korean medicine, and physical therapy, receiving great responses. So far, the Happiness Bus has provided services 87 times to over 3,000 people.

A county official stated, “Through the operation of the mobile clinic, we expect to eliminate medical blind spots for vulnerable health groups and enable seniors to receive medical consultations in a comfortable environment.”

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