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| The Purme Foundation is
committed to private sector-led rehabilitation service
on the basis of contributions and participations of those
citizens and companies who share the hope of creating
truly patient-oriented hospitals for challenged
people in Korea. |
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The hospital will be centered on the patients, and respond
warmly even to small voices of patients. |
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We will move away from backwater health care service which
is dependent on patients' family and costly carers' services,
and will create an advanced care system where the medical
staff and volunteers take care of patients around the
clock. |
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We will make a beautiful hospital in an idyllic environment
to encourage and motivate patients to recover to their
fullest potential. |
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We will build a network with the local community, religious
organizations and social organizations to share the pain
of handicapped individuals. |
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You cannot say, "It won't
happen to me."
There are 4.7 million challenged people in Korea
, i.e. 10% of the total population. Among them,
only 6.7% was born with handicap while over 90%
of them became disabled after birth. In other words,
one out of ten people is handicapped, and nine out
of ten challenged people become handicapped because
of accidents or diseases like car accidents, work
injuries, strokes, etc. |
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| Every year, challenged people are growing
by 98,000 even when we only count the category of crippled
disorder. And it is expected that the number of disability
population demanding rehabilitation services will increase
with the increase of adult diseases and with graying population. |
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Medical rehabilitation service is
in the absolute shortage
About 65% of disability population needs hospitalization
and consistent rehabilitation training. With appropriate
rehabilitation therapy and training, they are likely to
lead lives not so different from people without disability.
However, only 2% of them receive medical services. As
of now, in terms of doctor-people ratio, one rehabilitation
specialist covers 6,000 challenged people, and there are
only 2.87 beds in rehabilitation wards for every 1,000
challenged. At the national level, there are only 500
or so beds in hospitals which offer comprehensive rehabilitation
medicine including Severance Hospital , National Rehabilitation
Center , and Samyuk Rehabilitation Center.
A large number of challenged patients suffer from the
lack of medical services oriented toward the handicapped
patients. It is important that there should be more rehabilitation
hospitals in order for our neighbors to overcome disability. |
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