Hwaseong City to Launch Oriental Medicine House-Call Service Starting Next Month

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jeong Jun-sung] Starting next month, 15 oriental medicine clinics in Hwaseong City will begin providing house-call services for elderly residents with mobility difficulties.

On the 21st, Hwaseong City held a non-contact meeting with 15 oriental medicine clinics in the city, including the Hwaseong Oriental Medicine Association, to discuss the implementation of the "Oriental Medicine House-Call Service" project.

The city, which is operating a "pilot project for reforming the elderly care delivery system," sought to find ways to link this with oriental medicine clinics that were previously selected in August by the Ministry of Health and Welfare for the "Oriental Medicine House-Call Consultation Pilot Project."

Accordingly, the city decided to introduce a house-call service starting as early as next month in which oriental medicine practitioners will visit the homes of elderly residents with mobility difficulties in the city to provide treatment.

Service items include ▲medical consultation ▲oriental medicine examination ▲education and counseling ▲herbal medicine prescription ▲acupuncture, moxibustion, and cupping therapy for severe and comorbid conditions.

Participating oriental medicine clinics are ■Eastern district: △Pilhan Oriental Medicine Clinic (Association President's clinic) △One Two Three Oriental Medicine Clinic △Clear Forest Oriental Medicine Clinic △Green Oriental Medicine Clinic △Spring Water Oriental Medicine Clinic △Dongtan Ainuri Oriental Medicine Clinic △Sansuyou Oriental Medicine Clinic △Seoul Myeongga Oriental Medicine Clinic △Kyunghee Purun Oriental Medicine Clinic △Hanbit Oriental Medicine Clinic ■Western district: △Traditional Oriental Medicine Clinic △Chungdam Oriental Medicine Clinic △Bongdam Kyunghee Oriental Medicine Clinic △Bogun Oriental Medicine Clinic ■Southern district: △Kyunghee Jeil Oriental Medicine Clinic, totaling 15 clinics.

Meanwhile, applications for the service can be made at the nearest eup, myeon, or dong integrated care center or the regional integrated care headquarters.

Jang Jae-ho, president of the Hwaseong Oriental Medicine Association, said, "We will actively cooperate in this project to expand medical accessibility and enable comfortable treatment within homes."