"Thank You"... Pohang Mayor Lee Kangduk Visits Mobile Medical Service Providers

Thank You for Providing Medical Services to the Vulnerable through 'Doctor at My Home' Visits

Pohang City, Public-Private Cooperation... Support for Medical Services for the Vulnerable

Pohang Mayor Lee Kangdeok visited the "Naejibeseo Clinic," a house call specialist hospital providing mobile medical services, on the 13th to encourage the hospital staff and express his gratitude.

On the 13th, Mayor Lee Gangdeok visited "Naejibeseo Uiwon," which provides "Visiting Medical Services," to encourage the staff.

Naejibeseo Clinic (Director Koo Jahyun), located in Changpo-dong, Buk-gu, Pohang, opened this April and has been providing home visit medical services to vulnerable groups who have difficulty visiting hospitals due to old age or illness. So far, the clinic has conducted home visits for approximately 600 people.

In August, the city signed a business agreement to actively identify and provide medical services to home visit candidates in cooperation with private and public institutions, including Naejibeseo Clinic. For vulnerable groups such as basic livelihood security recipients and the near-poor, the city also supports part of the out-of-pocket expenses (transportation costs).

Director Koo Jahyun said, "After experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic and facing the reality of patients who cannot come to the hospital, I started home visit medical services," and added, "I will continue to work with the local community to provide better medical services to patients in areas that are out of reach of the healthcare sector."

Mayor Lee Kangdeok stated, "I deeply appreciate the dedication of those who visit and treat vulnerable patients who have difficulty accessing medical services," and added, "We will continue to do our best to ensure that public-private cooperation enables smooth medical support for vulnerable groups."