"Postpartum Care Center 14-Day Fee 250,000 Won"... Hong Jeonghee, Seodaemun District Council Member, Revises Discount Ordinance

Seodaemun-gu Public Postpartum Care Center 'Pumaegadeuk' Reduced from 2.5 Million to 250,000 Won
'Ordinance on the Establishment, Operation of Seodaemun-gu Public Postpartum Care Center and Support for Pregnant Women'

Source: Hong Jeong-hee, Seodaemun District Council Member.

Hong Jeong-hee, a member of the Seoul Seodaemun-gu Council (People Power Party, proportional representation), announced on the 12th that the related ordinance was amended to significantly reduce the usage fees for the Seodaemun-gu public postpartum care center ‘Pumaegadeuk’. The “Ordinance on the Establishment and Operation of Seodaemun-gu Public Postpartum Care Center and Support for Pregnant Women,” jointly proposed by Councilmembers Hong (main proposer) and Park Kyung-hee, was finally approved through the 298th extraordinary session.

Starting from January next year, when the revised ordinance takes effect, Seodaemun-gu residents who have lived in the district for more than one year will only need to pay 250,000 KRW, which is a 90% discount. Residents who have lived for less than one year will receive a 20% discount. Currently, the basic fee for the public postpartum care center is 2,500,000 KRW for 14 days.

Additionally, among Seodaemun-gu residents who have lived for more than one year, mothers giving birth to their third child or more will be given priority admission. Detailed usage fees, including refund policies and surcharge fees for multiple births, have also been stipulated.

Along with this, the application period for pregnancy congratulatory money has been revised from “within six months from the date of issuance of the pregnancy confirmation certificate” to “until the day before the expected delivery date,” enhancing convenience for residents.

This is expected to serve as a stepping stone for local governments to closely monitor the entire process of pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare, and to expand welfare benefits, beyond just reducing the economic burden on families giving birth. Furthermore, continuous efforts will be made to improve satisfaction with the quality of public postpartum care center services.

Hong Jeong-hee, Seodaemun District Council Member.

Councilmember Hong said, “To solve the low birthrate problem our society faces, policies that prevent people from giving up childbirth due to financial reasons are important,” adding, “I will carry out more meticulous legislative activities to subdivide childbirth promotion policies by life cycle stages from marriage to pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare, and to find ways to reduce economic burdens.”

Seodaemun-gu opened the public postpartum care center ‘Pumaegadeuk’ in the northwest area of Seoul for the first time last December, receiving much interest and positive evaluations. The revised ordinance includes detailed provisions on usage fees according to admission eligibility and priority admission candidates.

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