Mokpo Mayor Park Hong-ryul Leads SNS Relay as First Supporter for Attracting Mokpo National University Medical School

Actively Advocating for the Establishment of the National Mokpo University College of Medicine to Guarantee the Right to Life for Residents of the Western Jeonnam Region

Mokpo City has launched a social network service (SNS) relay challenge to attract the College of Medicine to Mokpo National University, a long-cherished project for 34 years in the western region of Jeollanam-do.

According to the city on the 25th, this challenge is part of a campaign to attract the College of Medicine to Mokpo National University, where individuals post their reasons for participation along with photos and videos on their personal SNS and nominate the next participant in a relay format.

Mayor Park Hong-ryul of Mokpo participated in a campaign to attract the College of Medicine to Mokpo National University.
[Photo by Mokpo City]

As the first participant, Park Hong-ryul, Mayor of Mokpo City, held a sign that read "The 34-year wish of Mokpo citizens, the medical school must be at Mokpo National University," posted it on social network services (SNS), and appealed for the participation of many citizens.

Mayor Park said, "Mokpo City has continuously made efforts for 34 years to attract a College of Medicine and a university hospital to Mokpo National University, a regional base university, to improve the poor medical conditions in the western region of Jeollanam-do. Public healthcare should prioritize public interest over market economy logic, and to secure the golden time and protect the right to life of residents in the western region of Jeollanam-do, where access to medical institutions is weak, it is essential to establish a College of Medicine at Mokpo National University."

Mayor Park Hong-ryul nominated Moon Cha-bok, Chairman of the Mokpo City Council, and Song Ha-cheol, President of Mokpo National University, as the next participants.