Professor Seo Sung-wook of Gyeongsang National University Hospital received a commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare for contributing to the real name prevention project
Nov 25, 2025
Gyeongsang National University Hospital (Hospital Director Ahn Sung-ki) announced that Professor Seo Sung-wook of Ophthalmology received a commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare for his meritorious work in preventing blindness at the '55th Snow Day Ceremony' held on the 23rd of last month.
The 55th Snow Day celebration was held by the World Health Organization (WHO) to commemorate the 'World Sight Day' and was hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and organized by the Korea Real Name Prevention Foundation.
The award is given to institutions and individuals who have contributed to improving eye health and preventing blindness, and Professor Seo Sung-wook was highly recognized for his contribution to improving eye health and the development of ophthalmic health care through years of social contribution activities.
Professor Seo Sung-wook has been participating in free ophthalmic examinations and early diagnosis activities for residents of Gyeongnam, which lacks ophthalmic medical infrastructure, for the past decade or so.
In particular, ▲ early detection of cataracts ▲ linking ophthalmic surgery support such as vitrectomy ▲ carrying out projects to prevent blindness for vulnerable patients has been steadily striving for various public medical activities centered on the community.
In addition, it actively participated in the 「Real Name Prevention Project" for pre-school children and the elderly, making an important contribution to improving eye health-related awareness and preventing eye diseases.
Professor Seo Sung-wook said, `I think it is my job to break the vicious cycle of patients who suffer from greater social and economic difficulties due to lack of proper treatment in the region"With this award from the Minister of Health and Welfare, we will do our best to protect the eye health of more vulnerable people." he said.
On the other hand, Gyeongsang National University Hospital continues various social contribution activities related to eye diseases such as 「Free examination at Masan Medical Center」 and"Student Blindness Prevention Camp with Gyeongnam Office of Education", and plans to continue to strengthen activities to improve eye health and prevent blindness of local residents as a public medical institution."
The 55th Snow Day celebration was held by the World Health Organization (WHO) to commemorate the 'World Sight Day' and was hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and organized by the Korea Real Name Prevention Foundation.
The award is given to institutions and individuals who have contributed to improving eye health and preventing blindness, and Professor Seo Sung-wook was highly recognized for his contribution to improving eye health and the development of ophthalmic health care through years of social contribution activities.
Professor Seo Sung-wook has been participating in free ophthalmic examinations and early diagnosis activities for residents of Gyeongnam, which lacks ophthalmic medical infrastructure, for the past decade or so.
In particular, ▲ early detection of cataracts ▲ linking ophthalmic surgery support such as vitrectomy ▲ carrying out projects to prevent blindness for vulnerable patients has been steadily striving for various public medical activities centered on the community.
In addition, it actively participated in the 「Real Name Prevention Project" for pre-school children and the elderly, making an important contribution to improving eye health-related awareness and preventing eye diseases.
Professor Seo Sung-wook said, `I think it is my job to break the vicious cycle of patients who suffer from greater social and economic difficulties due to lack of proper treatment in the region"With this award from the Minister of Health and Welfare, we will do our best to protect the eye health of more vulnerable people." he said.
On the other hand, Gyeongsang National University Hospital continues various social contribution activities related to eye diseases such as 「Free examination at Masan Medical Center」 and"Student Blindness Prevention Camp with Gyeongnam Office of Education", and plans to continue to strengthen activities to improve eye health and prevent blindness of local residents as a public medical institution."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
