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Will the veterinary hospital threshold be lowered? … Autonomous indication of Gyeongnam medical expenses
Pet owners worry about the different medical expenses of each hospital
Classification of luxury veterinary articles … Increase in overtime with VAT
Although the number of domestic companion animals has exceeded 15 million, there are still many legally insufficient areas.
In particular, the cost of medical treatment in each veterinary hospital is irregular and the cost of treatment is high, so the burden on the guardian is not small.
In Gyeongnam, the burden was reduced by introducing the “voluntary indication system for medical expenses for pets” for the first time in the country.
This is reporter Oh Tae-in.
[기자]Changwon Animal Hospital, Gyeongnam.
The vet will look around the puppy and make sure there are no sores.
When the vet said he was healthy, the owner was relieved.
But another concern is hospital expenses.
Different hospitals have different medical expenses and guardians are always concerned.
[사혜지 / 반려견 보호자 : 병원에 오기 전에 정보를 찾았을 때 예측을 할 수 없으니까 최대치까지 내야겠다고 생각하니까 불편한 점이 있죠.]Veterinarians have no choice but to receive different bills from the hospital.
This is because animal medicine, unlike human medicine, does not have standardized elements of treatment.
Another reason for the high cost of treatment is that it is classified as a luxury item and is charged with VAT.
[엄상권 / 경상남도수의사회 회장 : 동물병원 진료비가 부가세가 붙고 약품을 살 때 도매상에서 구매해 단가가 높아집니다. 기본적인 수가가 높아서….]Given this situation, Gyeongnam Province and Gyeongnam Veterinary Associations have introduced the “Self-Indication System of Medical Fees for Companion Animals”.
Starting next month, 70 veterinary hospitals in the Changwon area will participate first.
At the veterinary hospital, 20 items were recorded, which included basic treatment, vaccination fees, and drugs for the prevention of parasites.
[김경수 / 경남도지사 : 취약계층에서 키우는 반려동물이 도민들의 삶의 질과 복지에 미치는 영향이 크다는 겁니다. 이 부담을 완화 시키지 않으면 도민의 행복도 어려운 것 아니냐….]With a population of 15 million companion animals, approximately a quarter of domestic households have companion animals.
It is noteworthy whether the “Companion Animal Medical Fee Self-Indication System” implemented in Gyeongnam for the first time in Korea will have the effect of lowering the threshold of veterinary hospitals.
YTN Oh Tae-in[otaienytn.co.kr]it is.
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