JW Pharmaceutical said on the 7th that it selected Shin Eung-jin, 61, a professor at Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, as the winner of the 34th JW Jungoe Philanthropy Award.
The JW Jungoe Philanthropy Award was jointly established by JW Pharmaceutical and the Korean Hospital Association to identify and encourage medical professionals who practice philanthropy.
Professor Shin has served as director of Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital and as chair of the Korean Surgical Society, leading responses to key medical issues. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital became the first private tertiary general hospital in the Seoul metropolitan area to declare participation as a dedicated base hospital and began treating severely ill patients. In the recent conflict within the medical community, Shin helped minimize care gaps by engaging in maintaining and supporting essential medical services.
Shin has also continued to take part in strengthening the public health care foundation and improving organizational culture. By promoting an on-time leave work culture and expanding programs that support childbirth and child care, Shin worked to improve the work environment, and, for these efforts, received a prime minister's commendation at the Population Day ceremony in 2019. In 2021, in cooperation with Bucheon City, Shin advanced a community care project that contributed to expanding senior health management and care services.
That same year, Shin secured the Gyeonggi Central Sunflower Center and built a system that links medical, counseling, and legal services for victims of violence against women.
For the JW Jungoe Service Award, the recipients are Jeon Seong-hun, 65, a professor at Asan Medical Center, and Park Jung-gyeom, 77, chair of the board at Hanmaeum Medical Foundation Hana Hospital.
Professor Jeon Seong-hun has continued medical volunteering at Joseph Clinic since 1996 and has served as a dedicated physician since 2011. He has provided more than 1,300 free medical consultations for medically vulnerable groups, including people experiencing homelessness, foreign workers, and people with disabilities.
Chair Park Jung-gyeom has worked on improving local medical infrastructure while engaging in overseas medical volunteer work. By strengthening treatment capabilities for serious diseases centered on the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular center, the hospital obtained certification as a cardiovascular interventional procedure institution, and it continues social responsibility activities such as expanding employment for people with disabilities. Park has received numerous honors, including the Order of Civil Merit, Dongbaek Medal, and was also listed in "Marquis Who's Who," one of the world's three major biographical dictionaries.