Suwon Special City Expands Postpartum Care Herbal Medicine Discount Program from September

Suwon Special City (Mayor Lee Jae-joon) will expand the beneficiaries of the 'Postpartum Care Herbal Medicine Discount Program' from September 1st in cooperation with the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association to include all women who give birth and pregnant women who have experienced miscarriage or stillbirth at 16 weeks or more of pregnancy.

Suwon City and the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association signed a 'Business Agreement for Expanding the Postpartum Care Herbal Medicine Discount Program' at Suwon City Hall on the 19th and pledged to cooperate. Kim Eun-ju, director of the Women and Family Division of Suwon City, and Kang Seo-won, president of the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association, attended the signing ceremony.

Through this agreement, the postpartum care herbal medicine discount benefit, which could only be received by women giving birth to a second or higher child, is now expanded to all women giving birth to their first child or higher. Pregnant women who have experienced miscarriage or stillbirth at 16 weeks or more of pregnancy are also newly included as eligible beneficiaries.

Eligible recipients can receive a 100,000 won discount when they prepare postpartum care herbal medicine worth 250,000 won or more. The discount amount is fully sponsored by Korean medicine clinics participating in the program.

Women who give birth can receive a 'Postpartum Care Herbal Medicine Discount Certificate' from their neighborhood administrative welfare center and submit it to a participating Korean medicine clinic in the area. Information about the expanded eligible beneficiaries and application procedures will be available at the neighborhood administrative welfare centers from September 1st.

Suwon City and the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association agreed to support health recovery for postpartum women and pregnant women with miscarriage or stillbirth, and to cooperate in creating a birth-friendly social environment based on this agreement.

Kang Seo-won, president of the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association, said, "I am pleased to expand this meaningful project to help mothers recover their health together with Suwon City," and added, "We will cooperate with participating Korean medicine clinics to provide high-quality medical services."

Kim Eun-ju, director of the Women and Family Division of Suwon City, said, "I appreciate the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association for bearing the full discount amount and contributing to the program expansion," and added, "We will cooperate closely with the local community to build a birth-friendly Suwon where people can have and raise children."

Suwon City and the Suwon Special City Korean Medicine Association have been carrying out the program since signing a postpartum care herbal medicine discount agreement in 2013.