Kwon Oeul, South Korea’s minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, will meet with the heads of six veterans hospitals to review operations and share improvement cases, the ministry said.
The ministry said the meeting will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Government Complex Sejong, with Kwon; Yoon Jong-jin, chairman of the Korea Veterans Welfare and Healthcare Corp.; and the directors of the veterans hospitals in Seoul, Busan, Gwangju, Daegu, Daejeon and Incheon.
Officials plan to recognize hospital leaders for maintaining services in a difficult medical environment and to review changes and results from operational improvements each hospital has pursued since an agency work report in January.
Topics will include expanding high-quality medical staff, reducing outpatient waiting times, and improving treatment and payment processes.
Kwon also plans to urge hospitals to continue securing appropriate inventory and managing supplies systematically, in line with government policy, amid recent instability in supplies of medical items such as syringes linked to the war in the Middle East.
“Even under difficult conditions, I thank the medical staff and officials who have protected the veterans medical front line,” Kwon said. “Based on changes and experience built in the field, we will strengthen cooperation among veterans hospitals and continue to improve the quality of veterans medical services.”
* This article has been translated by AI.
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