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The ‘famous office’ system … only two dedicated medical institutions nationwide
Even though he was appointed by the local government last month … No Welfare Ministry designation
Including non-medical institutions, dentistry, obstetrics and gynecology … Professionalism ↓
Need for ‘mandatory and systematization of medical institutions dedicated to child abuse’
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Support for abused children was noted to be desperate after the ‘Jeong-in-i incident’, but it turned out that there was little medical support. There was a system for designating a dedicated medical institution, but it has been indifferent to its reputation. This is the exclusive report from reporter Lee Kyung-guk. A woman grabs the boy’s hair, plucks it and throws it on the ground. You can threaten the child by carrying a gun. This is a scene where a real mother abuses her 10-year-old son for not listening. The number of child abuse cases like this increases by thousands each year. Although examination, treatment and psychological counseling are essential, official medical support for victims is extremely scarce. Since 2018, a system was put in place that allows the Minister of Social Welfare or the head of a local government to have a ‘medical institution dedicated to child abuse’, but it was not well known. As a result of YTN coverage, only two locations in the entire country are currently designated as dedicated medical institutions. Even so, it was confirmed that there was no institution designated by the Ministry of Welfare at the level as the local governments designated last month. It practically did not exist during the two years of implementation Child protection institutions have signed their own agreements and are receiving help from supportive medical institutions, but there are only 155 locations across the country and only 1% of victims received actual help. Even this is a number that includes institutions that are not hospitals or far from specializing in child abuse, such as dentistry. That is why it is stated that it is mandatory to designate a medical institution for abused children in each region and to systematize the information. It wasn’t just that there wasn’t a system that couldn’t save and treat abused children. Time to look back to see if the system was left unattended and neglected. YTN Lee Kyung-guk[[email protected]]is.
