Gimje-si Launches Full-Scale Operation of 'Rural Home-Visit Bus' for Seniors Aged 60 and Over

Customized Rural Medical Support Including Western and Korean Medicine, Oral Examinations, and Eye Exams

Jeonbuk Gimje City (Mayor Jeong Seong-ju) is promoting a visiting 'Rural Home-Visit Bus' project targeting seniors aged 60 and over to improve the health of rural residents and eliminate medical blind spots.

According to the city on the 18th, the 'Rural Home-Visit Bus' is a public project organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. In cooperation with local agricultural cooperatives, it provides comprehensive medical services such as Western and Korean medicine support, oral examinations, and eye exams to residents in rural areas lacking medical facilities.

This project plans to support about 800 people, including residents aged 60 and over and farmers, across six towns and townships including Gongdeok-myeon and Geumsan-myeon in four sessions until October.

On the 17th, Gimje City operated the '2024 Rural Mobile Clinic Bus.' Elderly people receiving both Western and Korean traditional medical examinations.
[Photo by Gimje City]

On the 17th, more than 20 medical personnel from Wonkwang University Jeonju Korean Medicine Hospital and others provided customized examination services for 200 elderly farmers at the Gongdeok Durunuri Vitality Center area, including oral examinations, health education, eye exams and magnifier prescriptions, and Korean medicine treatments.

On that day, the city’s Rural Comprehensive Support Center alleviated the seniors’ boredom during waiting times with performances such as Go-go Janggu, saxophone, and guitar. They also operated experience booths for sock yarn and bojagi (traditional wrapping cloth) crafts and enriched the event by providing ramen, popcorn, and fruit juice from Gongdeok Bread Joomma.

Jeong Seong-ju, mayor of Gimje City, said, "This is a great opportunity to gift a healthier life to local residents with limited medical benefits and to fill the rural medical gap. We will do our best to discover and promote various projects needed by local residents to create a vibrant rural environment."

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