Korea Zinc Provides Free Medical Care to Over 2,000 Medically Vulnerable Residents in Island Communities

Korea Zinc Sponsors “Anyone Can Visit Clinic” at Tongyeong Red Cross Hospital for 11 Years

1,910 Residents Receive Free Mobile Medical Care, 100 Undergo MRI Examinations

Korea Zinc announced on July 13 that it has provided free medical services to over 2,000 residents of island communities by sponsoring the “Anyone Can Visit Clinic,” a free mobile medical service operated by Tongyeong Red Cross Hospital, in an effort to strengthen the local healthcare safety net.

Medical staff examining residents at the free mobile clinic project "Anyone Can Visit Clinic" sponsored by Korea Zinc, at Tongyeong Red Cross Hospital. Korea Zinc

The "Anyone Can Visit Clinic" at Red Cross Hospital is a program sponsored by Korea Zinc and supported by the Community Chest of Korea. The initiative, now in its 11th year, aims to reduce the financial burden of healthcare for vulnerable populations in island areas and to help reinforce the local medical safety net.

Using Korea Zinc’s sponsorship funds, Tongyeong Red Cross Hospital has conducted 14 rounds of free mobile clinics from June last year through this month, serving 1,910 medically vulnerable residents in Tongyeong City, Goseong County, and Geoje City. The clinics covered internal medicine, anesthesiology and pain medicine, neurosurgery, and orthopedics. Each session, a team of about 20 medical staff, including doctors and nurses, provided a range of healthcare services, including consultations, prescriptions, medication, and chronic disease management.

In addition to the free mobile clinics, comprehensive MRI cerebrovascular examinations were conducted for around 100 residents. The recipients were selected from remote island communities where the mobile clinic team could not visit.

A representative from Korea Zinc stated, “We hope this initiative has helped bridge the welfare gap for medically vulnerable groups in island areas and contributed to safeguarding the health of local residents. Korea Zinc will continue to provide ongoing support to strengthen the community’s healthcare safety net.”

Each year, Korea Zinc donates approximately 3 billion won to the Community Chest of Korea to support initiatives such as the Anyone Can Visit Clinic. As of last year, the company’s cumulative donations to the Community Chest of Korea reached 39.7 billion won.

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