On the rare occasion when you cannot contact our Student Services Team, or you need immediate medical assistance and cannot wait till a Student Services Officer reaches you, you can visit the Emergency Ward of the Chung-nam National University Hospital. You need to present your Health Insurance card at the front desk when checking in. Students can find out more information from the following website (http://www.cnuh.co.kr)
Chung-nam University General Hospital (충남대병원)
Address: 640 Daesa-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon (대전광역시 중구 대사동 640)
Tel: 042-280-7114 / 042-280-8139
Medications / Prescriptions:
While you can get general drugs (for headache, colds, etc) over-the-counter, most other medication is prescribed by a physician and dispensed by a pharmacist in Korea. Pharmacists dispense pills and ointments that are already prepared and do not mix their own. They will, however, prepare little packets containing each dose of the combined medication prescribed by your physician so that you don’t have to try and remember what you’re supposed to take.
Using your Korean medical insurance card will reduce the cost of most medications. If you are taking a prescription drug, it is very easy to keep up your supply here. If you bring a copy of your prescription, or the actual bottle/tube or even just the name of the medication to a doctor, he/she will write you up a prescription for about W25,000 (varies up and down but that’s the average). The name may be different but the content will be the same. The pharmaceutical industry is advanced and many drug products are also imported.
You can get as much as you can safely store on the prescription in most cases. However, there are no repeat prescriptions here. Each time you want a refill on the medication, you will have to return to the doctor for a new prescription. For certain types of drugs, the doctor has to conduct a physical examination and/or conduct tests on the patient before writing a prescription. If you have prescriptions that you need on a continuing basis, it is a good idea to bring enough over with you for the first few months. Pharmacies are located nearly everywhere and are open from about 10am to 9pm nearly everyday. However in areas like Jayang-dong, most pharmacies are closed on Sundays.
For more information about medical care in Korea, please refer to the following link: http://www.korea4expats.com
