Life Insurance Foundation Provides Emergency Medical Expenses for 5,371 Vulnerable Suicide Attempt Survivors

Support for Suicide Prevention and Building a Social Safety Net

The Life Insurance Social Contribution Foundation announced on January 23 that it has provided approximately 3.9 billion KRW in medical treatment expenses to a total of 5,371 individuals who attempted suicide over the past nine years since 2016.

Emergency Medical Expense Support Status. Life Insurance Social Contribution Foundation

Last year, the foundation supported 665 suicide attempt survivors, and among those who received assistance with medical expenses, 88.7% completed short-term, hospital-based case management four times or more.

The foundation offers practical support to suicide attempt survivors from vulnerable groups who are unable to receive appropriate treatment due to financial hardship. It also strengthens management of high-risk groups, thereby contributing to the prevention of repeated suicide attempts and the establishment of a social safety net.

Established in 2007 as a public interest corporation through the collaboration of 18 life insurance companies, including Samsung Life, Kyobo Life, and Hanwha Life, the foundation operates a range of programs. These include emergency medical expense support for suicide attempt survivors, the nationwide social networking service counseling channel Madeulran, the SOS Lifeline, and youth counseling systems such as Dadeureojulgae and HealingTokTok.

Kim Jeongseok, Executive Director of the Life Insurance Foundation, stated, "Alongside medical expense support, we provide integrated follow-up care for psychological recovery and social reintegration. Through cooperation between the public and private sectors, we are achieving tangible results in suicide prevention and in stopping repeat attempts. The foundation will continue to play a role in protecting lives in crisis situations."

If you are experiencing depression or other difficult concerns that are hard to talk about, or if you have family or acquaintances facing such difficulties, you can receive 24-hour expert counseling via the suicide prevention hotline at ☎109 or through the SNS counseling service Madeulran.

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