A Total of 90 Million Won Support for Disabled Residents in Independent Living Housing and Youth Account Subscribers
Kim Sang-cheol, CEO of the Seoul Welfare Foundation (left), and Kim Soon-i, Chairman of KMI Korea Medical Institute, signed an agreement on the 8th at the Chairman's office of KMI Korea Medical Institute in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, to support health checkup services for vulnerable groups in Seoul.
[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Welfare Foundation announced on the 14th that it held a signing ceremony for an agreement with the comprehensive health examination institution KMI Korea Medical Institute to provide free health check-up services to 180 people, including disabled individuals and youth who have been excluded from health check-ups this year due to economic and physical reasons.
The free health check-up service has been promoted annually since 2016. This year's support targets include 50 residents of independent living housing for the disabled preparing to return to the community, 100 subscribers of the Seoul Hope Double Youth Account, and 30 youth preparing for independence.
The free health check-ups will be provided at three KMI Korea Medical Institute Seoul centers (Gwanghwamun, Yeouido, Gangnam), and will include the White Program, which covers 14 to 17 additional examination items that incur extra costs beyond the national health check-up items (valued at 500,000 KRW per person, totaling approximately 90 million KRW in support).
Kim Soon-yi, Director of KMI Korea Medical Institute, said, “In accordance with KMI Korea Medical Institute’s management philosophy, we will support the health and happiness of vulnerable groups together with the Seoul Welfare Foundation,” adding, “We will make health check-ups, which may feel distant, accessible and comfortable for everyone.”
Kim Sang-chul, CEO of the Seoul Welfare Foundation, said, “Since the agreement in 2016, the free health check-up service has greatly helped low-income youth and disabled individuals preparing for independence to maintain their health,” and added, “The foundation will continue to do its best to ensure that vulnerable groups such as the disabled and youth do not fail to maintain their health due to economic or physical reasons.”
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