- Two additional agreements signed with local women’s hospitals -

- Services offered are medical interpretation and psychological support for initial immigrant multicultural families -

On Apr. 11, the Incheon Metropolitan Government signed a business agreement for multicultural family medical care services with W Women’s Hospital, Family Health Clinic Incheon Branch of Korea Population Health and Welfare Association (KoPHWA), and Namdong-gu Family Center (implementing agency).

<On Apr. 11, Incheon signed a business agreement for multicultural family medical care services with W Women’s Hospital, Family Health Clinic Incheon Branch of KoPHWA, and Namdong-gu Family Center (implementing agency) at the Global Business Cooperation Bureau conference room in Booyong Songdo Tower.>

The multicultural family medical care service project provides services where marriage immigrants with medical interpretation and psychological support capabilities offer not only language communication but also psychological and emotional care services to multicultural families from their home countries. Since the initial agreement was signed in August of last year, participating organizations have expanded from seven to nine*, with W Women’s Hospital and Family Health Clinic Incheon Branch of KoPHWA included.

* Ko Eun Women’s Hospital, LY & Baby Women's Hospital, MiraeCheil Women’s Clinic, 

Saebome Women’s Hospital, Ain Hospital, Mother & Baby Women’s Hospital, and 

Green Obstetrics and Gynecology

Under the agreement, the Incheon Metropolitan Government will provide comprehensive management and support for the medical care service project. The Namdong-gu Family Center will take part in operating the project, managing multicultural family beneficiaries, and promoting the project. On the other hand, each hospital will collaborate with the Family Center to assist multicultural families in need of translation services, ensuring that they are benefited from medical care services. 

Yoon Hyeon-mo, Director of the Global Business Cooperation Bureau, said, “Through additional agreements, we will continuously identify and support individuals in need of medical care services.” He added, “We will continue to foster ongoing collaboration between the public and private sectors to not only address the language communication issues of newly arrived multicultural families but also provide psychological and emotional support for their settlement.”

Meanwhile, the Incheon Metropolitan Government trained 28 medical interpreters and 35 psychological support leaders through this project last year. They have continued their active engagement with 121 instances of medical interpretation and 107 instances of psychological support provided.