Doctor Couple Who Have Practiced Medical Skills in Bangladesh Named JW Seongcheon Award Recipients

JW Group Holds the 11th JW Seongcheon Awards Ceremony
Award Plaques and 100 Million KRW Prize Presented to Doctor Couple Kim Donghyun and An Mihong

A doctor couple who have been engaged in medical volunteer work in Bangladesh for 15 years became the recipients of the JW Seongcheon Award.

The Jungwoo Academic Welfare Foundation, a public interest foundation of JW Group, held the 11th JW Seongcheon Awards ceremony on the 30th at the JW Gwacheon Building in Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do. Lee Kyung-ha, Chairman of the Jungwoo Academic Welfare Foundation (Chairman of JW Group), the 11th JW Seongcheon Award recipients Kim Dong-yeon and An Mi-hong, and Lee Sung-nak, Chairman of the JW Seongcheon Awards Committee (Honorary President of Gachon University), are posing for a commemorative photo. (From left)
Photo by JW Jungwoo Pharmaceutical

The JW Group's public interest foundation, the Jungwoo Academic Welfare Foundation, held the 11th JW Seongcheon Award ceremony on the 30th at the JW Gwacheon Building in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, and on the 31st announced that the couple doctors Kim Dong-yeon (Global Care Internal Medicine) and Ahn Mi-hong (Nuga Gwangmyeong Clinic) were awarded a prize of 100 million KRW and a plaque.

The JW Seongcheon Award was established in 2012 by the late Lee Jong-ho, Honorary Chairman of JW Group who passed away last April, to inherit and develop the spirit and philosophy of 'Respect for Life' of the founder Seongcheon Lee Gi-seok. It discovers medical professionals who silently dedicate themselves in the shadows for the welfare of humanity and serve as role models in society every year, widely promoting the importance of respecting life.

Kim Dong-yeon and Ahn Mi-hong are the first couple recipients selected since the establishment of the JW Seongcheon Award. They have practiced medical skills for patients in poor conditions in Bangladesh, known as a medical desert, for over 15 years. The couple, who formed a connection with Bangladesh in 2003 at the age of 29 as medical missionaries, have taken the lead in improving local medical and health environments by working at LAMB Hospital in the rural northwest region of Bangladesh since 2007, based on their responsibility and mission as medical professionals.

In particular, the couple took the lead in emergency and critical care treatment, which was the most vulnerable area locally. Mr. Kim, the husband, was the first to perform emergency thrombolysis and acute peritoneal dialysis in the 24-hour emergency room operated by LAMB Hospital, and has worked hard to establish a systematic medical system by creating medical education processes and critical care treatment guidelines for local residents and nurses. Mrs. Ahn has contributed to improving local health and medical environments by conducting the community health project 'Local Safe Delivery Facility Operation Project' and serving as an executive committee member for youth health projects in the rural village of Badalganz.

Recipients Kim Dong-yeon and Ahn Mi-hong said, "Our sense of responsibility and mission as medical professionals who could not turn away from patients in need of help has led to over 15 years of local medical activities," and added, "As honored recipients of the JW Seongcheon Award, we will continue to carry out true medical activities that uphold the spirit of respect for life."

Meanwhile, the Jungwoo Academic Welfare Foundation changed the name from the existing Seongcheon Award to the JW Seongcheon Award starting this year to promote the award’s long-term development and recognition. The foundation plans to inherit and develop the value and philosophy of 'Respect for Life' according to the founding intention of Honorary Chairman Lee Jong-ho.

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