"Reducing Discomfort for Pregnant Women" ... Hamyang-gun Operates 'Visiting Obstetrics and Gynecology' Service

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The Public Health Center of Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam, will operate the "Visiting Obstetrics and Gynecology" service monthly in 2025 to reduce the inconvenience and economic burden for pregnant women.

According to the county on the 8th, the "Visiting Obstetrics and Gynecology" service, which offers free check-ups to anyone including pregnant women, women in the Hamyang area, and spouses of women of childbearing age, is scheduled to be held about 50 times across the county starting from Hamyang-eup on the 9th. Among these, 2 to 3 sessions per month will rotate through the town areas, which are medically underserved in obstetrics and gynecology.

Photo of the Traveling Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic in Hamyang-gun.

The "Visiting Obstetrics and Gynecology" service provides prenatal care services for pregnant women before delivery. Essential examination items include early pregnancy tests, fetal anomaly screening, fetal DNA screening, gestational diabetes tests, ultrasound examinations, and late pregnancy tests.

For women of childbearing age, the service offers pre-pregnancy health check-ups along with immune serology tests (hepatitis A, B, C antibody tests, syphilis, AIDS, rubella antibody tests), liver function tests, lower abdominal ultrasound (ovaries and uterus), tumor marker tests (ovarian cancer, breast cancer), and thyroid function tests. Additionally, spouse screening services are also supported.

Considering the high proportion of non-childbearing women in Hamyang-gun, the program provides broader health management by offering uterine and ovarian ultrasound examinations, ovarian cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer tests, osteoporosis tests, chest examinations, vitamin D tests, rheumatoid arthritis tests, and glycated hemoglobin tests for them.

A Public Health Center official stated, "By operating the Visiting Obstetrics and Gynecology service, we expect to eliminate medical blind spots and systematically manage the health of local pregnant women and fetuses, contributing to overcoming the low birthrate."

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