Professor Lee Kyu-hwan of Bundang Seoul National University Hospital Wins Presidential Commendation for 'Korea Sharing People'
Nov 08, 2024
Professor Lee Kyu-hwan of the Bundang Seoul National University Hospital Health Promotion Center received the 'Presidential Award Commendation' at the 2024 Korea Sharing People Awards held at KBS Broadcasting Station on the 7th.
The Korea Sharing National Award is the most prestigious award in the field of social contribution jointly organized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, KBS, and the Community Chest of Korea to spread the sharing culture. Individuals and institutions that have practiced sharing for their neighbors have been discovered and awarded.
Professor Lee Kyu-hwan has overcome the disability with indomitable psychiatric efforts to become the world's first severely disabled dentist and has been serving as a professor at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. In recognition of his contribution to the improvement of the health of the disabled with a strong spirit of service to the disabled, he was honored with the 'Presidential Award Commendation'.
For more than 20 years, he has provided detailed examinations and counseling for the improvement and rehabilitation of the oral health of the disabled at various institutions such as the Welfare Center for the Disabled, the Senior Welfare Center, and the Association for the Disabled. In addition, through dozens of educational and lecture sponsorships, sharing and love have been practiced to improve the oral health of the disabled.
Professor Lee Kyu-hwan said, `When I was in despair because I was paralyzed from the waist down due to a diving accident, warm people around me held my hand to me to try again"I will also try harder to be a warm person who holds the hand of someone in a difficult environment " he said.
Professor Lee Kyu-hwan previously won the Minister of Health and Welfare Award in 2019, the 8th Yoon Kwang-yeol Dental Service Award, and the 3rd Kim Woo-joong Medical Person Award in 2023 in recognition of his contribution to promoting oral health for the disabled.
The Korea Sharing National Award is the most prestigious award in the field of social contribution jointly organized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, KBS, and the Community Chest of Korea to spread the sharing culture. Individuals and institutions that have practiced sharing for their neighbors have been discovered and awarded.
Professor Lee Kyu-hwan has overcome the disability with indomitable psychiatric efforts to become the world's first severely disabled dentist and has been serving as a professor at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. In recognition of his contribution to the improvement of the health of the disabled with a strong spirit of service to the disabled, he was honored with the 'Presidential Award Commendation'.
For more than 20 years, he has provided detailed examinations and counseling for the improvement and rehabilitation of the oral health of the disabled at various institutions such as the Welfare Center for the Disabled, the Senior Welfare Center, and the Association for the Disabled. In addition, through dozens of educational and lecture sponsorships, sharing and love have been practiced to improve the oral health of the disabled.
Professor Lee Kyu-hwan said, `When I was in despair because I was paralyzed from the waist down due to a diving accident, warm people around me held my hand to me to try again"I will also try harder to be a warm person who holds the hand of someone in a difficult environment " he said.
Professor Lee Kyu-hwan previously won the Minister of Health and Welfare Award in 2019, the 8th Yoon Kwang-yeol Dental Service Award, and the 3rd Kim Woo-joong Medical Person Award in 2023 in recognition of his contribution to promoting oral health for the disabled.
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