When you are suddenly sick, where do you go? A hospital? A pharmacy? Our university has a place like a hospital and a pharmacy. The Student Health Center in Keimyung University is located in Bauer Hall (104-106). The health center section chief, two nurses, and a dental hygienist work in this center. From 1999, students visited on average 10,443 times, and staff of the school visited 1,325 times a semester. On average about 10 foreigners visited the center a month last year. The center has a consultation room. People who need nurses’ special care can use a room with 4 beds to relax in the center. Although people know the Student Health Center is in our university, some students still don’t know about the medical services of the center.
The center provides various medical services including first aid treatment in emergencies and basic medicine for minor illnesses such as colds, stomach aches, and headaches. Five doctors (internal medicine, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, dermatology, and dental services), a radiologist, and a pathology expert from Dongsan Hospital visit regularly for more specialized medical counseling and treatment. The center provides counseling and basic drug prescription by the doctor in the center. The weekly medical schedule is as follows:You need to check the time to get the right medical care. During summer or winter vacation, you can’t use doctor medical counseling and treatment. According to three years of university statistics, the most used medical treatment is for respiratory disorders, the second most is external wounds, and the third is digestive disorders.
Clinical pathology and breast x-rays are carried out every other week. If you want the clinical pathology test (blood test, urine examination) or the breast x-ray, you can receive these tests in the center. In the case of the clinical pathology test, you can know the result within 30 minutes. To see the result of the breast x-ray, you have to wait more than 4 days.The center provides dental services for students and university staff. Dental services are from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Wednesday. The center also gives scaling services. To receive scaling services, you have to call or visit the center for reservations in advance. If you want to get scaling service on May 10, you need to make a reservation on the last Tuesday in April. The center gives information on reservations on the center web site (http://www.kmu.ac.kr/sitemap/sm3_shc.html). They don’t give scaling services on Wednesday due to medical counseling and other dental treatments. The other dental services are free. They ask for five thousand won from students and ten thousand won from staff for scaling services.
The center provides a student health check up: a physical check up, a blood test, a urine check up, and a breast x-ray. This health check up is conducted once a year at the beginning of March. The date and time are posted on our university website. About 2000 students participated in this health check up last year. After the health check up finishes, you can check the result on the Academic Information System.
The center provides other services besides medical treatments. The center conducts health education and medical counseling. Though there is no group education system, if you apply for health education and counseling in the center, you can take health education or medical counseling at any time. You can also ask the doctor about symptoms on the web page without visiting the center. The center carries out a vaccination for hepatitis B regularly between April and June. You can also confirm this information on the center website.
The center provides insurance for students. When you get injured in official events Keimyung University holds, you can receive compensation from an insurance company. Before you ask for compensation, you have to confirm the conditions of the compensation. If you are hurt in a traffic accident or on a club event off campus or a demonstration, you can’t receive compensation. You can receive a maximum 3,000,000 won for one accident. You also need documents: an application form for an injury on campus, a report of the accident, a certificate of studentship, a medical certificate, a receipt of treatment fee, and a bankbook copy. You can see the required documents on the web page.
The center provides medicines for groups doing a formal event of the university. To get medicines, you have to submit an application form and event agreement paper 5 days before the event. Then, the center provides medicines considering the place and the number of people.
The center is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during term. You also can use the center in summer and winter vacation. To receive medical benefits, bring your student identity card or identification card. At present, 95% of our university students pay a 16,000 won health fee to the university. If you pay the health fee once when you enter the university, you can receive the center’s benefits at no charge until your graduation. If you don’t know the payment of health fee, you can confirm payment of health fee on the Academic Information System. Only the students that pay the health fee, including exchange students and staff of the school, can use this center. However, if you don’t pay the health fee or if you are studying for a short term, not as a registered student, you can get only basic medicine for minor illnesses.
The Gazette interviewed the section chief of the center Hong Sook. About some students who don’t know the medical services, she said, “Information about the center is given to students every semester. The students don’t care about the center because they are healthy.” Her hope is that more and more students know the existence of the center and visit the center when they are sick. Also, she hopes that excessive users will realize other people need medical services.
If you want more information on the Student Health Center, visit the website http://www.kmu.ac.kr/sitemap/sm3_shc.html or call 580-6221 (or 6226).
