Korea University Medical Center Launches Support for Home Visit Medical Care

Seocho District Office Partners with Bayada Home Healthcare

[Asia Economy Reporter Myung-hwan Lee] Korea University Medical Center is launching a home-visit medical support service for those in medical blind spots who find it physically, economically, and socially difficult to visit hospitals for treatment.

Korea University Medical Center announced on the 8th that it has signed an agreement with Seocho District Office and Bayada Home Healthcare Korea Branch to promote the home-visit medical service project.

(From left) Park Geon-woo, Head of Social Contribution Business Division at Korea University Medical Center, Jeon Seong-su, Mayor of Seocho District Office, and Kim Young-min, CEO of Bayada Home Healthcare Korea, are taking a commemorative photo at the agreement ceremony held on the 7th. Photo by Korea University Medical Center

The home-visit medical service project is divided into mobile bus visits and home visits. The mobile bus visits target severely disabled individuals, facility residents, elderly living alone, and those not enrolled in health insurance who have difficulty accessing hospital examinations and treatments. The home visits focus on elderly and disabled people who have mobility difficulties and find it hard to visit hospitals.

Korea University Medical Center has formed a medical support team consisting of doctors and administrative staff. Bayada Home Healthcare provides nurses, radiologists, and clinical pathologists. The Seocho District Office selects the support recipients and locations.

Park Geon-woo, Head of the Social Contribution Business Division at Korea University Medical Center, said, "As a social medical institution, Korea University Medical Center is making every effort to promote various projects so that everyone can receive high-quality medical services equally. We hope this project will serve as a good example of public-private cooperation to improve community care and public health."

Jeon Seong-su, Mayor of Seocho District Office, stated, "We will wholeheartedly promote this project so that it becomes a good precedent for public-private cooperation and fills the ‘gaps’ in medical care and welfare needed in our society."

Kim Young-min, CEO of Bayada Home Healthcare Korea Branch, said, "Based on our know-how developed through focusing solely on patient care since our establishment, we will contribute to ensuring that medical care and welfare harmoniously reach those in need."