Korean Medical Care and Education Activity in Uzbekistan:

Focusing on the Korea-Uzbekistan Friendship Hospital of Korean Medicine

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J Korean Med. 2014;35(3):15-21

Publication date (electronic) : 2014 September 30

doi : https://doi.org/10.13048/jkm.14026

Oh Seungyun ¹, Kwon Donghyun ¹, Lee Joonsuk^,¹, Dilfuza Buranova ², Jang Eunsu ³, Joo Jongcheon ⁴

¹Korea-Uzbekistan friendship hospital of Korean medicine, Wonkwang University

²Tashkent medical academy, Wonkwang University

³Korean institute of oriental medicine, Wonkwang University

⁴College of oriental medicine, Wonkwang University

Correspondence to: 주종천 (Joo Jongcheon) Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Wonkwang University Jeonju Korean Medicine Hospital, 99, Garyeonsan-ro, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, Korea, Tel: +82-63-270-1073, Fax: +82-63-270-1533, E-mail: jcjoo@wku.ac.kr

Received 2014 March 30; Revised 2014 May 29; Accepted 2014 June 20.

Abstract

The Korea-Uzbekistan Friendship Hospital of Korean Medicine has been providing care and education of Korean medicine in Uzbekistan since 1997, while overseas expansion of Korean medicine is expanding each year. The status of these activities is investigated to suggest methods of development of Korean medicine in Uzbekistan.

The hospital treats about 15000 people in Uzbekistan for free every year. Among patients visiting the hospital, the distribution of female, age 50s to 70s is most common, Uzbek, Russian, and Korean are common ethnicities, musculoskeletal disease, neurologic disease and gastrointestinal disease are common ailments. In addition, the hospital has educated students of Tashkent Medical Academy and doctors belonging to the Department of Acupuncturists of Korean Oriental Medicine of the Uzbekistan Medical Association.

Korean medical care, education and research in the field of systematic support on a long-term roadmap should be continued for developing Korean medicine on Uzbekistan.

Keywords: traditional Korean medicine; Uzbekistan; education

Fig. 1.

Annual total patients of Korea-Uzbekistan friendship hospital of Korean medicine

Fig. 2.

Distribution on ethnic group of patients visited Korea- Uzbekistan friendship hospital of Korean medicine

Fig. 3.

Front and inside view of Korea-Uzbekistan friendship hospital of Korean medicine

Table 1.

Distribution on Gender, Age of Patients Visited Korea-Uzbekistan Friendship Hospital of Korean Medicine

Table 2.

Distribution on Disease of Patients Visited Korea-Uzbekistan Friendship Hospital of Korean Medicine

Table 3.

Materials on Korean-Uzbekistan Oriental Medicine Forum

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