All You Need for Your Health in Seoul: Medical Korea Information Center

Hi my lovely followers!

As you know I finished my 3-month internship in Seoul and turned back to Istanbul. While I was in Seoul, I attended one of the herbal medicine workshops that was held in Medical Korea Information Center. In this blog post, I will try to inform you about Medical Korea Information Center as it will be very useful for your trip to Korea.

So, what is Medical Korea Information Center (I will use MKIC for short)?

MKIC is operated by the government and the main purpose is to give foreigners any medicine services for FREE. Yes, you heard it right. You don't have to pay for the services they provide.

Then, what are the services they provide?

• Consultation on immigration and visa issurance: As a foreigner, you can get help about immigration and visa issues from the center without any fee!
• Providing information on health institutions and medical services: Everything you are curious about health issues will be responded by the professional staff at MKIC. 
• Supporting reservations for medical services: You can just ask one of the staff members to reserve a medical service for you in one of the hospitals.
• Guidance on cosmetic surgery VAT refund: What about paying less for the cosmetic surgery you wish to take in Korea? There are some tax refunds for the specific cosmetic surgeries for foreigners. If you want to learn more about it, I will put the necessary information of MKIC at the end of this post!
• Providing medical translation support: There are lots of languages the staff members know! You can just ask your questions in the language you are comfortable with.
• Providing tourism information (places to stay, eat, visit, etc.): Not only health issues but also touristic questions can be answered, too! All you will need is here!

You can take all of these services in English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, and Arabic. You don't have to worry about the language! And the staff is really helpful and trustworthy as they try to give their best while giving you the professional medical and legal information.

What are the other services MKIC provide for foreigners?

Finding the appropriate solutions for complaints and malpractice:

• Dealing with the patients' complaints 
• Coordinating between patients and medical providers or agencies 
• Filing medical malpractice suits for the patients 
• Offering legal information related to arbitration and mediation 

Proving consultation on Illegal Broker Report:

• Providing information of illegal broker and related issues
• Providing information on report reward on illegal broker 
• Reporting illegal broker 

Operating community center:

• Providing free Korean traditional medicine consultations including measurement of pulse rate and sasang constitution diagnosis
• Offering an opportunity to tasting medicinal herbal tea and making your own oriental medicine soap

For these first two points, you can check my blog post (click click) as I've already tried their services!

• Offering baggage storage service for tourists in Myeongdong (Myeongdong Hands Free service)
• Providing a place for relaxation and meeting for tourists
• Operating traditional clothing experience program (we present polaroid photo): I STILL HAVE MY POLAROID PHOTO IN MY WALLET! It was a really great memory to keep!
• Offering exchange rate voucher and souvenirs

“Korea Medical Reservation” integrated platform management

• Providing information for health check-ups, cosmetic surgery and korean medicine on the Platform "Medical Korea Reservation" 
• Making reservations and payments of medical services and other concierge services through the platform "Medical Korea Reservation“

* What is Medical korea Reservation? (http://health.medicalkorea.or.kr) ⇒ One-stop service platform for foreign patients to reserve and pay korean medical services and non-medical services (accommodation, pick-up, translation, etc.)

Contact Information

 - You can contact the center via phone or their online board 

 - 2F, Shinil Building, Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea

 - Tel : 1577-7129, From Abroad +82-1577-7129 

 - Web : www.visitmedicalkorea.com 

 - E-mail : callmcc@khidi.or.kr 

 - Business Hours : Mon to Fri 9:00~18:00

~issilay