Korean Sports Council Strengthens Cooperation System with Chung-Ang University Hospital for Close Medical Support of National Team Athletes

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The Korean Sports Council (Yoo Seung-min (Chairman)) announced on the 8th that it held a business meeting with Chung-Ang University Hospital (President Lee Jae-seong) on the 4th to provide various medical support services to national team athletes.

The meeting was held in the conference room on the second floor of the Jincheon National Team Village, attended by officials including Kim Taek-su, Director of the National Team Village, and Lee Jae-seong, President of Chung-Ang University Hospital.

Chung-Ang University Hospital has maintained a consistent cooperation system since signing its initial agreement in April 2009 and renewing it in July 2024. In particular, since last July, the hospital has been dispatching specialists directly to the Jincheon National Team Village once a week, providing close medical support to national team athletes from the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics through the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Summer Asian Games.

Additionally, the hospital has worked hard to meet diverse specialist treatment needs of athletes in fields such as dermatology, psychiatry, urology, and obstetrics-gynecology, contributing to their health management and performance enhancement.

During this business meeting, both institutional investors focused on discussing measures to strengthen medical care linkages and reached consensus on establishing specific medical procedures to enable national team athletes to visit the hospital promptly for treatment when needed.

Following the signing of the agreement, during a tour of training facilities, Chung-Ang University Hospital President Lee Jae-seong said, "Seeing the athletes train with sweat brings back many memories," and added, "To ensure that the athletes' hard work is not in vain, Chung-Ang University Hospital will do its best to provide medical support."

Kim Taek-su, Director of the National Team Village, responded, "We are grateful to Chung-Ang University Hospital for its long-term efforts to safeguard the health of national team athletes," and expressed hope that "through this meeting, we can establish a system that allows athletes to receive faster and more specialized medical care whenever needed."

The Korean Sports Council emphasized, "This year, we are signing medical agreements with hospitals in various regions to build a network of cooperating hospitals. Going forward, we plan to continuously expand medical infrastructure to create an environment where national team athletes can focus entirely on their training."

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