snoopdrew
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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 Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:55 am Post subject: Free medical checkups for foreigners? huh? |
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From the Korea Times (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/10/117_53753.html):
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The Ministry of Justice said Sunday foreign residents around the country will be able to receive free medical checkups and counseling on a range of issues between Oct. 26 and Nov. 8. The event will be held at 14 immigration offices around the country.
The Ministry said it will partner with the Korean Medical Association and Korean Dental Association during the period.
Participating public servants will provide foreigners with tailor-made counseling on a variety of topics including immigration, labor, domestic violence and other legal issues, it said.
Introduced in 2007, the annual event has been regarded as a major opportunity for expats to share their problems with government officials.
More than 200 officials and 120 interpreters were dispatched to the event last year, dealing with more than 10,000 complaints. For more information, call 1345, a state-run call center for foreign residents. |
Has anyone actually attended this before? Is it really a major opportunity to tell it to the Man? I figure with all the gripes on this forum that we'd be lining up before dawn to air out our complaints.
And the free medical checkup just seems strange to me. if we're working, we already get medical coverage that is pretty cheap and convenient... not sure why i'd go all the way to the immigration office of all places to get a health check up for free.
or maybe the intent is more sinister... to catch those whose visa has expired or see how disease ridden the waygookins have become.  |
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