HK Innoen Improves Medical Accessibility for Island Residents with 'Non-Face-to-Face Island Doctor'

HK Innoen announced on the 22nd that it has signed a business agreement for the 'Non-face-to-face Island Doctor' project with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Foundation for Cooperation between Large, Small and Medium Enterprises and Agriculture and Fisheries. The agreement ceremony held on the 19th was attended by Kwak Dal-won, CEO of HK Innoen, Song Myung-dal, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Kim Young-hwan, Secretary General of the Foundation for Cooperation between Large, Small and Medium Enterprises and Agriculture and Fisheries, and other officials.

Jo Jeong-hee, Vice President of the Korea Maritime Institute, Kwak Dal-won, CEO of HK Innoen, Song Myung-dal, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Kim Young-hwan, Secretary General of the Foundation for Cooperation between Large, Small and Medium Enterprises and Agriculture and Fisheries, and Kim Dae-sung, President of the Korea Coastal Fishermen's Central Association (from left), are posing for a commemorative photo at the signing ceremony for the non-face-to-face Island Doctor project held on the 19th.
[Photo by HK Innoen]

Through this business agreement, HK Innoen plans to contribute to the project fund, promote volunteer activities by its employees, and cooperate in the donation of pharmaceuticals. The goal is to improve medical accessibility for residents of island areas who have difficulty receiving medical benefits.

The Non-face-to-face Island Doctor project, led by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, was designed to provide stable medical services to island residents in medical blind spots and to enhance medical accessibility. A dedicated island medical system linked with non-face-to-face medical services provided via smartphones will be established to improve medical convenience, including prescription drug delivery, face-to-face medical appointment reservations, and medical record management. Since non-face-to-face medical treatment for island areas was fully permitted starting last year, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries provided the Non-face-to-face Island Doctor service to 294 residents on 20 islands through a pilot project from March to May. The full-scale project is planned to be launched in the second half of this year.

Kwak Dal-won, CEO of HK Innoen, stated, “We will continue activities to strengthen access to pharmaceuticals in various ways, in line with the essence of pharmaceutical and bio companies.”