Calls are growing from the startup scene and members of the public as well as some doctors for continuing non-face-to-face medical services, known as telemedicine, which was allowed temporarily in Korea at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, as it could be no longer available as soon as next month when the country s COVID-19 public health emergency ends.
Korea will require mental health checkups once every two years and establish community-tailored suicide prevention programs nationwide to tackle the country s high suicide rate, the government announced, Friday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed strong government support for domestic biohealth players in order to foster the industry as the country s core strategic business. During a meeting he presided over at the former presidential office compound of Cheong Wa Dae, Tuesday, Yoon said that the biohealth field, which includes pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medicines and bioengineering, has enormous growth potential, calling the sector “Korea s next semiconductor.”
Elated by the recent rebound in his approval rating, President Yoon Suk-yeol has geared up efforts to have brisker communications with the public. For starters, Yoon hosted a town hall meeting to discuss major national initiatives last Thursday. The meeting was designed to review the implementations of key policies since he took office in May and explore visions for the next year.
In September, a man in his sixties was found dead at his home, an ordinary low-income flat, located in Seoul s southern district of Songpa. He was discovered by the police and firefighters who were trying to figure out why the emergency alarm in the unit had been out of order, two weeks after his death. The man lived there alone without contact from his family, according to his neighbors.