Geumsan-gun will conduct mobile health checkups in 10 towns and townships from January 2 to 17 next year . Checkups will be held from 8:00 to 11:30 a.m. , and will begin at Geumsan-gun Health Center and proceed sequentially to Boksu , Jinsan , Geumseong , Gunbuk , Chubu , Namil , Buri , Nam – i , and Jewon Health Centers .
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[Korean Today] Geumsan-gun will conduct the 2025 first quarter mobile health checkup in 10 towns and villages from January 2 to 17 next year (Photo provided by Geumsan-gun Office) ©Reporter Seung-tak Lim |
Those eligible for the checkup are : △ Health Insurance subscribers who are 20 years of age or older and are local subscribers and their dependents ( those born in odd-numbered years ) ; △ All non-office workers among employees who are subscribers ; △ Office workers who are eligible for the biennial checkup, who will receive services such as physical measurements , blood tests , and urine tests .
National cancer screening is conducted with the goal of early detection of cancer . △ Women aged 20 or older born in odd-numbered years can receive cervical cancer screening . △ Women aged 40 or older born in odd-numbered years can receive stomach and breast cancer screening . △ Women aged 50 or older born can receive colon cancer screening .
Residents who wish to be tested must fast after 8:00 PM the day before the test and visit the testing location on the day of the test with their health checkup form and ID .
The mobile health checkup is operated with subsidies from Chungnam Province and is conducted in agreement with the Daejeon – Chungnam branch of the Population Health and Welfare Association . In addition to the checkup, additional checkups are available at 7 designated hospitals including Saegeumsan Hospital . For more information, contact the visiting health team at Geumsan-gun Health Center .
A military official said, “ Health checkups are the most effective way to detect and treat diseases early, ” and asked people to check the checkup schedule for each town and district and actively participate to take care of their health .
Geumsan-gun Mobile Health Checkup is an important opportunity to protect the health of residents , and is expected to play a major role in disease prevention and early detection . We hope that through this checkup, local residents will increase their interest in health and improve their quality of life through systematic management .
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