Paldal-gu, Suwon Signs "Hyemin Project Phase 9 MOU"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Lee Min-jeong] Paldal-gu District Office (District Head Lee Sang-gyun), the Paldal-gu Community Social Security Council (Co-Chairman Kwon Nam-ho), and Seoul Botton Botton Clinic (Director Lee Seok-ha) signed the "Paldal-gu Hyemin Project Phase 9 MOU" on the 27th to provide medical services support for low-income households in the district.

The Paldal-gu Hyemin Project is based on the Hyemin Bureau, a medical institution that treated commoners during the Joseon Dynasty. When individuals in need of medical services face economic difficulties, they are selected as beneficiaries through case conferences at their respective dong (administrative divisions), and medical services are provided through partner hospitals.

Currently, the Paldal-gu Hyemin Project has several hospitals participating, beginning in 2016 with Hana Hospital (alcohol and psychiatric illness), followed by Wills Memorial Hospital (spine and joint), Suwon Central Hospital (internal and general surgery), Nanuri Suwon Hospital (spine and joint), OK 365 Orthopedic Clinic (spine and joint), Baekseong Hospital (internal surgery, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, etc.), and Gangnam Women's Hospital (gynecology, breast surgery, dermatology, etc.), and Seoul Botton Botton Clinic (247 Joongbu-daero, Paldal-gu) participated on this day.

Lee Seok-ha, director of Seoul Botton Botton Clinic, said, "I am pleased to participate in the Paldal-gu Hyemin Project," and added, "In the future, our clinic will actively cooperate to support residents in difficult circumstances."

Kwon Nam-ho, co-chairman of the Paldal-gu Community Social Security Council, stated, "The Community Social Security Council will continue efforts to discover and connect at-risk households facing difficulties with hospital treatment."

Lee Sang-gyun, head of Paldal-gu District Office, said, "We appreciate the efforts of both the private sector and government working together for vulnerable groups struggling with medical treatment due to economic difficulties," and added, "Going forward, Paldal-gu will actively work to promote residents' health."