Incheon City Deploys 49 Public Health Doctors to Medical Underserved Areas Including Ganghwa and Ongjin

Incheon City announced on the 11th that it has newly deployed 49 public health doctors, focusing on Ganghwa and Ongjin counties, where medical infrastructure is poor.

The newly assigned public health doctors include 22 medical doctors, 14 dentists, and 13 Korean medicine doctors. They will serve as substitutes for military service in medically underserved rural and fishing villages, playing a role in protecting the health of local residents.

By region, 8 personnel, including 2 dentists, were assigned to Baengnyeong Hospital, 15 to Ganghwa County, and 25 to Ongjin County, with one epidemiologist from Incheon City also included.

Baengnyeong Hospital, Incheon Medical Center. Incheon City

Accordingly, a total of 77 public health doctors will be working in Incheon this year, including the existing 28. The city prioritizes deployment to island areas with a high elderly population ratio and low medical accessibility to improve the efficiency of public health doctor operations.

An official from Incheon City stated, "The role of public health doctors is very important for residents in medically vulnerable areas to access essential medical services," adding, "We will strive to improve residents' health by deploying personnel appropriately."