I would like to offer my sincere
congratulations to the World Korean Medical Organization on its publishing of
the first issue of the World Korean
Medical Journal.
My heartfelt thanks and appreciation go to
President Chul-Soo Hyun and the other WKMO officials for their dedicated hard
work in promoting exchanges among Korean doctors, nurturing the next generation
of talent, and globalizing Korean healthcare.
Korean people’s characteristic diligence,
along with our traditional virtue of mutual help in challenging times, served
as a strong basis for our overseas Korean compatriots’ remarkable success.
While more than 7.2 million various
professional Korean compatriots are actively supporting their local communities
of more than 150 countries around the world, and there are about 35,000
overseas Korean doctors.
Indeed, these overseas Korean compatriots made
great contributions to Korea’s emergence from the ruins of war to rise as one
of the top 10 global economic powerhouses and to grow as a developed model
democratic nation.
Our overseas Korean compatriots are still
contributing to their native country in many ways. Overseas Korean doctors
working around the world, in particular, are lending enormous support to the
advancement and globalization of Korean healthcare with their deep love of
their home country and a strong sense of unity. From this point forward, we
should join forces to achieve greater development of the Republic of Korea
while contributing to the world’s co-prosperity, remembering that the world’s
compassionate helping hands were extended to us in the past.
Above all, I would like to ask for WKMO
members’ active participation in helping our North Korean compatriots who are
struggling to get by amid poverty and illness. After all, bringing together the
South and the North is the greatest mission for all Koreans around the globe.
As a neurosurgeon-turned-politician, I will
always keep in mind my original resolution of “treating our sick and ailing
society” and do my best to transform the Republic of Korea into a truly
‘Healthy Society’.
Once again, I extend my congratulations on the
meaningful publication of WKMJ’s first issue.
Thank you,
Ui-Hwa Chung, MD, PhD
Member
19th National Assembly of the Republic of
Korea