Hyewon Medical Foundation publishes a 40-year white paper on medical sharing at Sejong Hospital...Protect the values of love and hope
Apr 03, 2025
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The white paper contains the desperate times of the heart treatment sector when Sejong Hospital was established in the 1980s, the activities of Sejong Hospital's medical staff struggling to pursue the idea of establishing a hospital called for a world without heart disease, and the process of medical technology development.
Sejong Hospital held a white paper publication ceremony commemorating the 40th anniversary of Sejong Hospital's medical sharing (1983-2023) in the gallery section on the basement floor of Sejong Hospital on the 3rd and unveiled this white paper.
The white paper contains the history of medical sharing that began the year after the opening of Sejong Hospital in 1983.
The recording time was based on 2023 (attached medical sharing records in 2024), which marked the 40th anniversary of medical sharing.
During this period, 13,000 patients in Korea and 1,700 overseas received medical sharing benefits such as free heart surgery at Sejong Hospital.
The white paper begins with a throwback to the past. In the early 1980s, medical sharing at Sejong Hospital vividly captures various events that took place in Korea's insufficient medical infrastructure and unripe sharing culture.
Here, we can see the reality of countless children who turn their back on the world without knowing that they have congenital heart disease, the sigh of countless parents who had no choice but to accept their children's death because they had no medical expenses when they were not covered by health insurance in the past, the mournful cry for help to save their children somehow, the struggles of medical staff at Sejong Hospital in poor situations, the warmth of numerous sponsors who silently respond to sharing, and the current status of medical technology that is developing through various trials and errors. The faded newspaper clippings located on the side of the white paper prove the mournful situation at the time.
From the middle of the white paper, the status of overseas medical sharing will be unfolded.
Overseas medical sharing, which began in 1989, was also not smooth. Difficulties at the time, such as language barriers for medical staff, limitations on issuing visas for foreign patients to Korea, and treatment costs, were detailed in the white paper.
In addition, we can get a glimpse of how Sejong Hospital overcame this like a textbook. A typical example is not just treating children with heart disease, but steadily carrying out medical infrastructure construction projects (meat fishing projects) such as education to strengthen local medical staff capabilities such as developing countries.
The white paper also provides hope by containing pictures of recovery patients, including children with blue lips (blue) red, heart surgery marks on their chests, and children making international calls with their families in their home countries with a wide smile, pictures of guardians who shed tears of gratitude, and numerous letters of gratitude written in foreign languages.
The white paper focused on the story, with people as the main characters.
Above all, it details the life story of Chairman Park Young-kwan, the founder of Sejong Hospital, who started medical sharing. Webtoon 'Myung (Picture Park Sung-hwan, Kim Ji-yeon, writing Kim Young-hoon)', which contains Chairman Park's performance, is also attractive as it turns over the white paper.
The struggles of medical staff under poor circumstances at the time and the status of Sejong Hospital, which was born as the first hospital specializing in heart treatment in Korea, can be seen with talks by living cardiovascular treatment legends such as Chairman Park (Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery), former Chairman Lee Heung-jae (Department of Pediatrics) of Korea Pediatric Cardiovascular Research Foundation (Department of Pediatrics), Seo Jeong-wook, Chairman of Uchon Cardiovascular Research Foundation (Department of Pathology), Director Park Pyo-won of Sejong Hospital (Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery), Director of Sejong Hospital (Department of Pediatrics) Sungho Kim
The white paper is also full of stories of patients with their own unfortunate stories, such as patients who missed the treatment period, patients who finally found a new life at Sejong Hospital without letting go of hope, and Chinese and Vietnamese patients who regained their health through medical sharing at Sejong Hospital when they were young and reunited with Sejong Hospital's medical staff after visiting Korea in decades.
It also tells the story of taxi drivers who take the lead in sharing medical care for congenital heart disease while serving as precious feet for citizens, stars from all walks of life, numerous sponsors and sponsoring organizations, and heart disease patients and their families who finally conquer the Himalayas to overcome difficult heart treatments and eliminate prejudice in the world.
It was not medical sharing, but writer Lee Jung-hwa (calligrapher), who is leading the sharing activities due to his successful surgery for congenital heart disease at Sejong Hospital as a child, added to the idea of establishing a hospital called For a world without heart disease' Thanks to this, the world is full of beautiful scentsIt was a calligraphy work that described ', consoling the hard work of everyone who worked with Sejong Hospital for decades in medical sharing. His calligraphy work covered the white paper.
Park Jin-sik, Chairman of the Hyewon Medical Foundation Sejong Hospital, said "The white paper on medical sharing contains the weight and passion of medical staff to save lives, the warm hearts of numerous sponsors, and the hopes of patients who have crossed borders and found a new life." I would like to take this opportunity to express my comfort and gratitude to everyone. "The reason why the world is beautiful is because of the love of the people you share, and the world is becoming more beautiful because of the love you constantly share. Sejong Hospital will continue to protect the value of love and hope with you in the future."
Meanwhile, Sejong Hospital also held a happiness sharing bazaar to help patients with heart disease in conjunction with the publication ceremony on the same day, adding to the meaning of sharing.
The bazaar held at Vision Hall on the 1st basement floor of Sejong Hospital in Incheon prepared a variety of household items sent from all walks of life, including pouches, clothes, cosmetics, and TVs.
In particular, the Bucheon Sejong Hospital Advisory Committee (Chairman Kim Ki-myung) sponsored 30 million won worth of donations and goods, and 50 million won worth of goods from Yeongwon Outdoor Co., Ltd. Sung Ki-hak, chairman of Yeongwon Trading Co., Ltd. and Yeongwon Outdoor Co., Ltd., visited the publishing ceremony and bazaar in person to emphasize the meaning of sharing.
The bazaar runs until the 4th. The entire proceeds will be used to support patients with heart disease.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
