Suwon Special City Expands Postpartum Care Herbal Medicine Discount from September

Suwon Special City (Mayor Lee Jae-jun) is partnering with the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association to expand the eligibility for the 'Postpartum Care Herbal Medicine Discount Program' from September 1st to include all women who have given birth and pregnant women over 16 weeks experiencing miscarriage or stillbirth.

Suwon City and the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association signed a 'Business Agreement for Expanding the Postpartum Care Herbal Medicine Discount Program' at Suwon City Hall on the 19th, pledging mutual cooperation. The agreement ceremony was attended by Kim Eun-ju, director of the Women and Family Division of Suwon City, and Kang Seo-won, president of the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association.

Through this agreement, the postpartum care herbal medicine discount benefits, which were previously available only to women giving birth to their second child or later, will be expanded to all women giving birth to their first child or later. Pregnant women who have experienced miscarriage or stillbirth at 16 weeks or more of pregnancy are also newly included as eligible recipients.

Eligible recipients can receive a 100,000 won discount when they purchase postpartum care herbal medicine worth 250,000 won or more. The discount amount will be fully covered by participating Korean medicine clinics.

Women who have given birth can obtain a 'Postpartum Care Herbal Medicine Discount Certificate' from the administrative welfare center in their respective district and submit it to a participating Korean medicine clinic in the city. Information on the expanded eligible recipients and application procedures will be available from the administrative welfare centers starting September 1st.

Suwon City and the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association have committed to supporting the health recovery of women who have given birth and pregnant women with miscarriage or stillbirth based on this agreement, and to creating a childbirth-friendly social environment.

"I am pleased to expand this meaningful project to support the health recovery of postpartum women together with Suwon City," said Kang Seo-won, president of the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association, adding, "We will cooperate with participating Korean medicine clinics to provide high-quality medical services."

"We appreciate the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association for bearing the full discount amount and contributing to the expansion of the program," said Kim Eun-ju, director of the Women and Family Division of Suwon City, and added, "We will work closely with the local community to build Suwon as a childbirth-friendly city where it is good to have and raise children."

Suwon City and the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association have continued the project since signing a postpartum care herbal medicine discount agreement in 2013.