Gwangju Bank Joins 'New Hospital Hope Message Relay Campaign'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Gwangju Bank (President Song Jong-wook) announced on the 25th that Song Jong-wook, president of Gwangju Bank, has joined the “New Hospital Hope Message Relay Campaign” of Chonnam National University Hospital, which is promoting the new hospital construction project.

The “New Hospital Hope Message Relay Campaign” of Chonnam National University Hospital is a participatory campaign conducted to share various hopes such as the roles, functions, and responsibilities of the new hospital online as part of the state-of-the-art patient-customized smart hospital construction project, and to raise public interest and atmosphere regarding the new hospital.

This campaign is conducted in the form of posting on SNS such as YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook by writing hopes for the new hospital inside the parentheses of the phrase “I hope Chonnam National University Hospital’s new hospital will be a ( ) hospital,” and anyone can participate.

To gradually expand interest in the new hospital, the campaign is implemented in three stages: the first stage involves key social figures and personnel related to Chonnam National University Hospital; the second stage involves Chonnam National University Hospital staff and patients; and the third stage involves residents of Gwangju and Jeonnam provinces.

On the 24th of last month, following the declaration of the start of the relay campaign by Ahn Young-geun, director of Chonnam National University Hospital, at the 111th anniversary ceremony of the hospital’s opening, Park Heung-seok, chairman of the Chonnam National University Hospital Development Support Association, took over as the first participant, and by his nomination, Song Jong-wook, president of Gwangju Bank, delivered this hope message.

Song Jong-wook, president of Gwangju Bank, delivered a message hoping that Chonnam National University Hospital will be reborn as a new hospital leading a healthy future with the best cutting-edge medical care at the center of medical advancement going global, and nominated Kim Yong-jip, chairman of the Gwangju Metropolitan Council, as the next participant.

Additionally, he said, “I hope that Chonnam National University Hospital, which is responsible for the health of local residents and the public, will be reborn as a state-of-the-art new smart hospital leading the future in step with the Fourth Industrial Revolution era, based on its 111-year history.”