Gyeongbuk Office of Education Provides 11.6 Billion KRW in Medical Support for 1,399 Students with Incurable Diseases Over 22 Years

Gyeongbuk Office of Education has been supporting 1,399 students with intractable diseases such as leukemia, heart disease, and brain tumors with a total of 11.631 billion KRW over 22 years since 2001, it was reported on the 21st.

Gyeongbuk Office of Education has been helping students by providing medical expenses to students with intractable diseases using donations collected over the past 20 years.

Gyeongbuk Office of Education

The "Support Project for Students with Intractable Diseases," launched in 2001, is a program designed to alleviate the financial burden on parents by providing medical expense support to students suffering from intractable diseases and to instill love and a spirit of service in the students.

Applications for support are accepted on an ongoing basis, and decisions are announced once a month to ensure that students with intractable diseases receive timely treatment.

Among the elementary, middle, and high school students who received medical expense support from Gyeongbuk Office of Education over 22 years, 718 students completed treatment and graduated, 129 students were fully cured, 191 passed away, and 70 transferred schools.

There is no limit to the amount of medical expense support for students selected as having intractable diseases, and if the amount is insufficient, it can be increased and support continues until full recovery.

However, if support is received from national medical expense support projects or other intractable disease support programs, duplicate support is not allowed, and the order of medical expense claims is insurance, public health center, and then the Office of Education, with no double payments.

Gyeongbuk Office of Education was recognized for being the first in the nation to promote the "Support Project for Students with Intractable Diseases" since 2001 and received the "Presidential Group Commendation" on World Health Day, April 7, 2006.