Citizen Health Assurance Tasks
Exploring Cooperation Plans with the City
On the 18th, Kwon Ki-chang, Mayor of Andong City, was appointed as the honorary director for a day at the National Health Insurance Service Andong Branch, taking care of the health of Andong citizens for one day.
Kwon Ki-chang, Mayor of Andong, who served as the daily honorary branch manager at the National Health Insurance Service Andong Branch.
On this day, Mayor Kwon learned about the overall duties required of a branch director and even experienced handling civil complaint consultations, which constitute a significant part of the Service's work.
First, he received a brief explanation about the general status of the National Health Insurance Service (Andong Branch) and the system changes for 2023, along with a report on five key issue projects, including the introduction of a special investigative system to crack down on illegal institutions such as office-head hospitals.
Afterwards, he held a meeting with the Service staff to encourage them and exchanged various opinions on ways to connect and cooperate with Andong City to guarantee citizens' health rights.
Mayor Kwon also spent time directly performing civil complaint consultation duties at the comprehensive civil service office, listening to difficulties expressed by the citizens.
Additionally, Mayor Kwon showed great interest in advance directives regarding life-sustaining treatment and, hoping that citizens would participate, took the lead by filling out an advance directive form himself.
An advance directive form is a document in which a patient, anticipating the terminal stage of life, expresses their wishes in advance regarding life-sustaining treatment or its withdrawal.
It was established to respect the patient's self-determination and to protect human dignity and value as a person.
Mayor Kwon Ki-chang said, “It was a great honor to be appointed as the honorary director for a day at the National Health Insurance Service Andong Branch. It was a very meaningful time to personally experience the hard work of the employees dedicated to citizens' health and welfare and to understand the importance of national health insurance.” He added, “I will continue to work closely with the Andong Branch to actively promote the happiness and welfare of our citizens.”
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