Specialized General Hospital with Elderly Care Facility to be Established in Homaesil District

A specialized general hospital with 600 beds that will also provide elderly care and rehabilitation services is set to be established in the Homaesil residential development district in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon.

The hospital will be a public medical institution modeled after Ilsan Hospital, the nation's first insurance company-operated hospital.

Rep. Lee Ki-woo revealed in an interview with this publication on the 20th that the National Health Insurance Service commissioned a feasibility study with the Korea Health Industry Development Institute in April, with results expected in August, confirming that the nation's first specialized general hospital combining elderly care services will be established.

Rep. Lee stated, "The hospital will operate as a pilot hospital by the National Health Insurance Service with a scale of 600 to 700 beds."

Should the hospital be established, it is expected to play a central role as a medical institution serving not only the west Suwon area but also Ansan, Hwaseong, and surrounding regions.

Rep. Lee in particular noted that the Land and Housing Corporation has secured approximately 12,000 pyeong of medical land within the Homaesil district at the request of the representative, and that the timing has not been finalized solely due to budgetary concerns of approximately 200 billion won for hospital construction.

Meanwhile, the National Health Insurance Service operates Ilsan Hospital as a new medical service system from a public interest perspective in Ilsan.