Gyeonggi Province’s Medical Tourism Promoted in Mongolia
(Published September 19, 2012)
 
Business presentations and medical volunteers to start in Ulaanbaatar on October 18
 

◇ Gyeonggi Province’s medical volunteers lend a helping hand in Mongolia. ⓒG-News Plus
 
Gyeonggi Province’s delegation will give a presentation on medical tourism and carry out medical volunteer work in Ulaanbaatar this 18th. The group promised to cooperate with Mongolia’s Ministry of Health and Welfare to develop health and medical skills for both nations.
 
The provincial government has agreed to sign an MOU with Mongolia’s 1st National Hospital on the exchange of medical personnel, the sharing of research information on cancer, cardiovascular, and cerebral artery disorders as well as medical information systems, and the opening of exchange conventions.

A total of eight hospitals, including the Catholic University of Korea St. Vincent’s Hospital, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital Bucheon, Myongji Hospital, Sejong Hospital, Bobath University, and Hyundai Hospital, and well as the Apple Tree Dental Hospital, took part in the overseas project. Each hospital introduced specialized techniques in the fields of cancer, cardiovascular and cerebral artery disorders, gastroenterology, spinal column treatments, orthopedics, and odontopathy.

Gyeonggi Province also introduced the current state of the province’s medical tourism, including picking up patients and relatives from the airport, providing an interpretation service, and aftercare based on an IT-based referral system, which received positive reviews.
 
Hyundai Hospital volunteered to perform joint replacement, damaged tendon repair, and pediatric surgeries on fifteen adults and twelve children. The hospital has already visited Mongolia on twenty-seven occasions since 2009, taking care of over 5,000 patients and conducting 406 surgical procedures in total.

In terms of the number of medical tourists, Mongolia ranks fifth after Japan, the US, China, and Russia, showing 54% growth year-on-year since 2009 when such statistics were first compiled.
 
Not only is Mongolia geographically close to Korea, but Korean language departments are popular at Mongolian universities, and the general public enjoys Korean television programs. Korean cars and telephones are also well perceived, hinting at the possible success of Korean medical tourism in Mongolia.
 
Kim Yong-yeon, Gyeonggi Province’s Director General of Health ＆ Welfare, remarked, “Our medical presentations in China and Mongolia, given shortly after the one in Kazakhstan, introduced what Gyeonggi Province has to offer. We will continue to support overseas activities for hospitals in our province through programs such as medical personnel exchange programs and volunteer work.”◇ Kim Yong-yeon, Director General of Health ＆ Welfare (left end), poses for a photo after signing an MOU with representatives of the 1st National Hospital Mongolia and the Gyeonggi International Medical Association. ⓒ G-News Plus
 
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