Completion of medical service activities of Daedong Hospital, Daedong University, Mongolia Seleng Aimak

Sep 04, 2024

Daedong Hospital (Hospital Director Lee Kwang-jae) and Daedong University (President Min Kyung-hwa) announced on the 3rd that they had conducted medical volunteer work with Mongolian Railway Hospital in Seleng Aimak Seleng, Mongolia.

In April, Daedong Hospital was selected for the '2024 Busan Medical Technology Exchange Promotion Support Project' organized by the Busan Metropolitan Government and the Busan Economic Promotion Agency to establish exchanges and networks between overseas medical institutions, and as part of the project, the Mongolian Railway Transcontinental Treatment Briefing for Specialized Medical Technology Marketing was held.

The Mongolian Railway Transcontinental Treatment Train, which consists of a separate medical treatment compartment that can provide basic treatment, examination, and treatment, departed from the capital, Ulaanbaatar, and crossed for 10 hours before stopping at Selenge Aimag in northern Mongolia.

As Seleng Aimak is an agricultural area with an excellent ecosystem and beautiful natural environment, it is 300km away from Ulaanbaatar, so many patients continued from early morning to receive medical treatment from Korea, where medical access and specialized treatment such as hospitals and pharmacies are limited compared to the capital.

Starting with Kim Young-joon, director of the International Medical Center at Daedong Hospital, a global overseas medical volunteer group consisting of professors Shin Jeong-soon, nursing department and emergency rescue students from Daedong University, along with Park Sang-hee, coordinator Shin Joon-han, and Mongolian interpreter Lee Soo-jung, Manaltrade participated. A total of 40 people conducted medical and health counseling, medicine donation, and CPR training for more than 200 local residents, including the vice president of the Mongolian Railway Hospital, as well as medical staff from Mongolian Railway Hospital, including orthopedics, gastroenterology, general surgery, and cardiothoracic surgery.

"Medical service activities in Mongolia serve as an opportunity to rethink the nature of basic medical services and the role of doctors in a limited environment. Every time I come personally, it becomes a time for great growth," said Kim Young-joon, head of the Daedong Hospital Center. "Even when I return to Korea, I will make various efforts to improve the medical environment in Mongolia, such as developing a telemedicine system and training doctors."

Meanwhile, Mormon, a Mongolian patient who underwent knee surgery in May to Kim Young-joon, the head of the center, met him in a complete recovery and was impressed, and Korea's excellent medical technology began to go viral, forming a friendly relationship with Mongolia and playing a major role in spreading Korean medical care.



Completion of medical service activities of Daedong Hospital, Daedong University, Mongolia Seleng Aimak


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