The province has finalized plans for how to gauge public opinion about the nation’s first for-profit foreign hospital. Here’s Mike Balfour with the details.

The Won Heeryong administration has failed to reach an agreement on the island’s first foreign-invested, for-profit hospital.

The province is asking for residents’ opinions about introducing the controversial hospital.

The public opinion poll committee has been formed and the plan for the poll has been fixed.


The province will select an opinion research company in May and hold two open forums.

The first opinion poll will be carried out in early July. The research company will ask 3,000 area residents about their opinion: pros or cons about the foreign-invested, for-profit hospital.

In July, a group consisting of 200 residents will be formed. The 200 will be selected proportionally based on their age, region, gender and opinion.

The group’s discussion results will be submitted to the public opinion poll committee.

The committee will consider the discussion results and finally submit its recommendations to the governor.

The final recommendations are expected to be submitted by early August.


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Provincial government representative
We will proportionally select 200 residents. They will learn about Greenland International Hospital and reflect their findings in their recommendations.
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"비율에 맞게 도민참여단 2백명을 뽑을 계획입니다. 녹지병원에서 학습하고 결과를 권고안에 반영하는 거죠.

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JDC, Greenland to take part in public opinion poll

To assist the selected residents to better discuss the issue, Jeju Free International City Development and the Greenland International Hospital will provide relevant information.

Opinions on the hospital are sharply divided.

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Initial opinions sharply divided

People who oppose say that the approval of the Greenland International Hospital could be a signal gun for privatization of medical service. Meanwhile, people in favor of the hospital insist that the infrastructure for the hospital has already been established, so the approval shouldn’t be delayed further.

[Reporter] Mike Balfour
[Camera] Kim Seung-cheol

Residents are waiting to see what recommendations will come from the nation’s first opinion poll about the foreign-invested, for-profit hospital.

Mike Balfour, KCTV