Busan City Launches Mobile Medical Bus to Support Health of National Meritorious Persons and Their Families!

At 2 p.m. on the 10th, Mayor Park Hyungjun expresses respect and gratitude to national merit recipients and their families for their sacrifice and service

Three regional veterans' centers and mobile medical buses provide counseling and checkup services

Busan Mayor Park Hyungjoon will provide special recognition to local national merit recipients and their families in commemoration of Patriots and Veterans Month in June.

On June 10, Mayor Park will personally meet with national merit recipients, including the heads of veterans' organizations in Busan, to express his respect and gratitude for their sacrifices and achievements. The city will also conduct health check-ups for local national merit recipients and their families through a mobile medical bus service.

Interior of the new medical bus introduced in 2023.

At 2 p.m. on June 10, Mayor Park will visit the Busan Veterans Welfare Center to hold a tea meeting with 12 heads of veterans' organizations in Busan. He will explain the city's main policies for honoring and supporting national merit recipients, such as the veterans' honor allowance, medical expense support, revitalization of the Veterans Welfare and Culture University, enhancement of funeral protocol for national merit recipients, and the hosting of international memorial events for UN veterans. He will also listen to and discuss suggestions and current issues raised by each organization.

The city will make every effort to ensure that all suggestions and issues discussed by each organization are fully supported and improved.

Following the tea meeting, the city will conduct health check-ups for national merit recipients and their families through the 'Mobile Medical Bus,' a key pledge of Mayor Park Hyungjoon and a senior welfare policy, in response to the city's rapidly aging population.

In celebration of Patriots and Veterans Month, the city will operate the mobile medical bus at three regional veterans' centers (▲Busan Veterans Welfare Center (Dong-gu) ▲Haeundae-gu Veterans Center ▲Saha-gu Veterans Center) from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on June 10. Medical services such as basic health consultations and check-ups will be provided to national merit recipients and their families visiting the veterans' centers.

In particular, Mr. Kim Hyungbae, who is participating in today's health check-up, lost his left leg to a landmine explosion while searching the Demilitarized Zone during his military service and now uses a prosthetic leg. Overcoming this adversity, he became the first person with a disability to achieve a 7th dan in Taekwondo and to complete a full marathon, becoming a source of pride and a symbol of hope for disabled veterans in Korea.

The city plans to regularly conduct health check-ups through the medical bus as a way to honor national merit recipients like Kim Hyungbae, who sacrificed for the country.

Overview of the Medical Bus Project.

Mayor Park Hyungjoon stated, "The city will further expand mobile medical buses and other outreach welfare services so that our now-elderly national merit recipients and their families can enjoy a healthy and comfortable old age. We will also actively promote recognition and support policies to honor the sacrifices and achievements of national merit recipients, so that a culture of remembering and honoring them can take root in our daily lives."

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