[보성소식] Support for medical expenses for 297 residents undergoing cataract surgery

Cataract surgery cost support

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(Boseong = Yonhap News) Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 12th that it has supported medical expenses for 297 local residents this year as part of the ‘cataract surgery support project’, a pledge of the county governor.

A total of 110 million won in medical expenses was provided for the purpose of early detection of eye diseases in the elderly, and a total of 430 million won in medical expenses has been paid to 1,078 local residents so far.

This year, compared to last year, the number of applicants increased by 62.2% (185 → 297), and supported medical expenses also increased from 73 million won last year to 110 million won, securing an additional budget of 40 million won.

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Since September of last year, Boseong-gun has relaxed the target of support from 120% of median income based on health insurance premiums to 150%, helping more residents receive benefits.

Donation of Beolgyo cockle auction proceeds

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Beolgyo Cockle Festival cockle auction proceeds donated

(Boseong = Yonhap News) Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 12th that the Boseong-gun Association of Korean Fisheries Managers had deposited 756,000 won of the cockle auction proceeds from the Beolgyo Cockle Festival to Beolgyo-eup.

This is the profit collected from the ‘20th Beolgyo Cockle Festival Cockle Auction Event’ held from the 1st to the 3rd of this month.

The Boseong-gun Association, a Korean fisheries business operator, put up 20kg of white cockles, 40kg of new cockles, and 40kg of blood cockles for auction, and the cockles were sold for 756,000 won.

The auction proceeds are collected from selling Beolgyo cockles at a discount of more than 30% compared to the market price, and are donated to the Community Chest of Korea.

Kim Sang-cheol, president of the Boseong-gun Association, a Korean fishery business manager, said, “I wanted to express my gratitude to the local residents and tourists who visited the Beolgyo Cockle Festival, so I donated a small amount with the intention of using it for the underprivileged.”

Boseong County Office

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Boseong-gun actively strengthens administrative innovation capacity

(Boseong = Yonhap News) Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 12th that it has begun strengthening capabilities to increase awareness of active administration and innovation among new public officials.

The purpose is to cultivate an innovative mindset, raise awareness of the concept and necessity of active administration, and establish an organizational culture that is not afraid of change.

We plan to provide training to strengthen the capabilities of administrative experts for new public officials and lectures on career management methods in the workplace for retired public officials.

In addition, we will share 6 excellent cases of active administration and 4 cases of passive administration selected in the first half of this year, and also share opinions on them.

Boseong-gun has been selected as an excellent institution three times since 2020 in the 2023 local government active administration evaluation hosted by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, and has taken the lead in creating a culture of active administration and innovation, including selecting 10 public officials with excellent active administration in the first half of this year.

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2024/11/12 15:18 Sent