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On the 17th, Coupang announced that it held the mobile health checkup program 'Coupang On-Neighborhood Care' on the 16th at the No. 2 Hanawon Gymnasium in Hwacheon County, Gangwon Province, together with No. 2 Hanawon, Hwacheon County, and the Daehan Jungang Medical Mission Society.
A total of approximately 600 people participated in the event, including about 550 local residents (including over 200 children and teenagers) and around 50 North Korean defectors. Forty medical professionals from the Daehan Jungang Medical Mission Society, including doctors, oriental medicine practitioners, dentists, and pharmacists, also visited the site.
The medical team provided services such as blood tests and intravenous infusions, dental and oriental medicine consultations, bone density examinations, dementia and depression screenings, and child growth and development assessments. A mobile photo studio was also operated to take commemorative photos of residents and print them on-site.
This event was organized to provide medical services to Hwacheon residents who find it difficult to access medical facilities ahead of the opening of No. 2 Hanawon to the local community, and to expand exchanges between North Korean defectors and the local community. Coupang is expanding its social contribution scope beyond supporting and sales to improving residents' access to healthcare.
Attendees at the opening ceremony included Jang Young-cheol, former Executive Vice President of Coupang's Social Contribution Division; Kim Nam-jung, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Unification; Kim Young-il, Director of No. 2 Ha Na (Director); Kim Se-hoon, Mayor of Hwacheon County; Jo Woong-hee, Head of Hwa Cheon Gun-ui-hoe (Chairman); Park Dae-hyun, Kang Won-do (Rep.); Song Jong-seop, Director of the Gangwon Northern Hanawon Center; and representatives from the Daehan Jungang Medical Mission Society including Lee Eun-u (Chairman). National Assembly member Han Ki-ho congratulated the event through a video message.
A representative from Coupang's Social Contribution Division stated, "The purpose of On-Neighborhood Care is to directly visit areas with low medical accessibility and provide residents with necessary medical services." He added, "Moving forward, we will continue social contribution activities that offer practical help to residents' healthy daily lives by closely cooperating with the local community."
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