Seongnam City and Bundang CHA Hospital Sign Agreement for 'Dream Start Single-Parent Family Health Together Project'

Seongnam City to Provide Free Health Checkups Worth 700,000 Won to 20 Single-Parent Family Members

"Healthy Caregivers Mean Happier Children"

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Sungsin Shin) announced on March 9 that it will collaborate with Bundang CHA Hospital to launch a free health checkup program for single-parent family parents.

Sung Sangjin, Mayor of Seongnam (right), is signing a memorandum of understanding regarding the promotion of the "Dream Start Single-Parent Family Health Companion Project" with Yoon Sangwook, Director of Bundang CHA Hospital, on the 9th at the City Hall 4th floor, Conference Room 1. Provided by Seongnam City

On this day at 3:00 p.m., an official business agreement regarding the promotion of the 'Dream Start Single-Parent Family Health Together Project' was signed in the first meeting room on the 4th floor of City Hall, attended by Mayor Sungsin Shin and Sangwook Yoon, Director of Bundang CHA Hospital.

According to the agreement, Seongnam City will select 20 recipients for the health checkup from among parents of single-parent families (a total of 209 people) out of the 377 households eligible for the Dream Start program. Priority will be given to those with underlying health conditions, multicultural families, families with multiple children, and parents aged 40 or older.

Bundang CHA Hospital will sponsor comprehensive health checkups worth up to 700,000 won per person, for a total value of 14 million won, for the selected parents raising children alone.

The selected recipients can receive free health screenings at Bundang CHA Hospital through May 30, including 22 to 24 different items such as blood tests, chest X-rays, abdominal ultrasounds, and gastroscopy.

This agreement was made possible thanks to Bundang CHA Hospital's proposal for a social contribution initiative aimed at supporting single-parent family parents who have difficulty accessing health checkups due to economic and time constraints.

A Seongnam City official stated, "The health of caregivers is a crucial factor directly linked to child care. This collaboration between the public and private sectors is a meaningful case of reducing the financial burden of health checkups for low-income single-parent families and establishing a foundation for healthy child development."

Seongnam City's Dream Start program is a project that provides customized, integrated services in health, welfare, and education for children from vulnerable groups aged 0 to 12.

Currently, the program supports 521 individuals from 377 households, with nine integrated case managers assigned by household to provide case management services.

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