Prioritizing Residents' Lives and Health... Son Byeong-bok, Uljin County Governor, Encourages Hospital Medical Staff

Son Byeong-bok, the governor of Uljin-gun, Gyeongbuk, visited local medical sites on the 5th to inspect their operational status and encourage the medical staff on the front lines.

Son Byeong-bok, Uljin County Governor, encouraging medical staff at hospitals and clinics.

Amid the prolonged absence of residents from their workplaces causing difficulties in the medical field, he met with Lee Jin-hong, president of the Uljin-gun Medical Association (Hanaro Internal Medicine Clinic), urging him to prioritize the lives and health of the residents.

The Uljin-gun Medical Center, a regional public medical institution, is maintaining essential medical services without disruption by operating with specialists during the medical community’s collective action. This includes pediatric emergency night care (Monday to Thursday, 6 PM to 10 PM on weekdays), extended nephrology outpatient hours on Saturday mornings (7:30 AM to 12:30 PM), 24-hour emergency kidney dialysis, and round-the-clock emergency room operation.

Additionally, since the inauguration of the 10th director, Jo Young-rae, on the 4th, and the recruitment of three specialists (in family medicine, otolaryngology, and radiology), the center is doing its utmost to promote the lives and health of Uljin residents.

With the health care crisis level elevated to severe (2.23), Uljin-gun has established the Uljin-gun Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (headed by the governor of Uljin-gun) to monitor the operation rates of emergency medical institutions daily, inspect local health care facilities, and minimize inconvenience for residents using medical institutions by providing information on available hospitals and pharmacies within the district through the Uljin-gun website.

Governor Son Byeong-bok expressed his gratitude, saying, “I thank the medical staff who protect the medical frontlines in Uljin-gun,” and added, “I ask all residents to stand together until the end to protect their lives and health. The county will do its best to prevent safety accidents to minimize patient occurrences.”