Asan Foundation Donates 100 Million Won for Recovery from Gyeongbuk Wildfire Damage

Around midnight on the 25th, 58 inpatients from Yeongdeok Asan Hospital are being urgently transferred to Gangneung Asan Hospital. Photo by Asan Foundation

On the 31st, the Asan Social Welfare Foundation donated 100 million KRW to the National Disaster Relief Association to aid in the recovery from wildfires in the Gyeongbuk region. The Asan Foundation, which operates Yeongdeok Asan Hospital, requested that the donation be used for restoration activities to support the residents of Yeongdeok-gun who suffered significant damage from the wildfires.

The wildfire that started in Uiseong-gun, Gyeongbuk, spread to Yeongdeok-gun, and on the evening of the 25th around 9 PM, when the fire approached within 1.5 km of Yeongdeok Asan Hospital, the hospital urgently transferred inpatients to Gangneung Asan Hospital, which is two hours away.

A total of 19 medical staff at Yeongdeok Asan Hospital, including 4 doctors and 11 nurses, actively responded to the disaster by swiftly and safely transferring 58 elderly and critically ill patients with mobility difficulties. Currently, the patients have returned to Yeongdeok Asan Hospital following decisions by the Fire Agency and Yeongdeok-gun.

Meanwhile, the Asan Foundation has previously provided a total of 500 million KRW in support for wildfire victims in the Gangwon region in 2019, the Gangwon and Gyeongbuk regions in 2022, and the Gangwon region again in 2023.

Founded on the principle of "helping the most vulnerable neighbors in our society," the Asan Foundation established Yeongdeok Asan Hospital in 1979 in the medically underserved rural area of Yeongdeok, Gyeongbuk, and has served as a medical institution providing essential healthcare to the local community for 46 years.

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