Rep. Song Eonseok Makes a "Bold Move" with Health Ministry on Gimcheon Children's Hospitalენებლ

Presented proposal to Second Vice Minister Lee Hyunghoon
Plans to apply for government program in the first half of 2027

Rep. Song Eonseok of the People Power Party, who represents Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, has launched efforts to persuade the government to support the construction of a children's hospital in Gimcheon Innovation City.

On October 14, Song met with Lee Hyung-hoon, Second Vice Minister of Health and Welfare, delivered a proposal to build a children's hospital in Gimcheon Innovation City, and requested active support from the government.

Song Eonseok, a People Power Party lawmaker from Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, meets with Lee Hyunghun, Second Vice Minister of Health and Welfare, and hands him a proposal to build a children's hospital in Gimcheon Innovation City [Photo provided by the lawmaker's office]

Western North Gyeongsang Province, including Gimcheon, lacks pediatric emergency and inpatient care infrastructure, making it urgent to address gaps in medical services. In response, North Gyeongsang Province and Gimcheon City are pursuing the construction of a children's hospital in the form of a branch of Gimcheon Medical Center in Yulgok-dong, Gimcheon Innovation City. They plan to apply for the Ministry of Health and Welfare's Regional Hub Public Hospital Function Enhancement Program in the first half of 2027.

"A children's hospital is essential to addressing gaps in pediatric care in western North Gyeongsang Province and improving living conditions in the innovation city," Song said. "We will work closely with the relevant agencies to secure selection in the government's program and obtain national funding."

The key is to turn the goal of addressing gaps in local pediatric care into tangible results by securing selection in the government program and obtaining national funding.

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