Korean Medical Care and Education Activity in Uzbekistan

Oh Seungyun; Kwon Donghyun; Lee Joonsuk; Dilfuza Buranova; Jang Eunsu; Joo Jongcheon; Seungyun, Oh; Donghyun, Kwon; Joonsuk, Lee; Buranova, Dilfuza; Eunsu, Jang; Jongcheon, Joo

doi:10.13048/jkm.14026

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Seungyun, Donghyun, Joonsuk, Buranova, Eunsu, and Jongcheon: Korean Medical Care and Education Activity in Uzbekistan

Original Article

Journal of Korean Medicine 2014; 35(3): 15-21.

Published online: September 30, 2014

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

Korean Medical Care and Education Activity in Uzbekistan:

Focusing on the Korea-Uzbekistan Friendship Hospital of Korean Medicine

Oh Seungyun¹, Kwon Donghyun¹, Lee Joonsuk^{, 1}, Dilfuza Buranova², Jang Eunsu³, Joo Jongcheon⁴

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 March 30, 2014 Revised May 29, 2014 Accepted June 20, 2014

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

Age	Male	Female	Total

0–9	4	3	7 (0.9%)
10s	7	15	22 (2.8%)
20s	10	18	28 (3.6%)
30s	15	41	56 (7.2%)
40s	19	59	78 (10.0%)
50s	34	131	165 (21.1%)
60s	32	170	202 (25.9%)
70s	40	159	199 (25.5%)
80s	5	19	24 (3.1%)
Total	166 (21.3%)	615 (78.7%)	781 (100.0%)

Table 2.

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

Group of disease	Numbers
Musculoskeletal disease	500 (64.0%)
Neurologic disease	109 (14.0%)
Gastrointestinal disease	39 (5.0%)
Endocrine disease	34 (4.4%)
Respiratory disease	28 (3.6%)
Cardiovascular disease	28 (3.6%)
Urogenital disease	15 (1.9%)
Eye, Ear, Skin disease	15 (1.9%)
Others	13 (1.7%)
Total	781 (100.0%)

Table 3.

Materials on Korean-Uzbekistan Oriental Medicine Forum

Year	Name of conference	Theme	Participant (estimated)
2010	The 1st Annual Conference 2010 Korean Traditional Medical Acupunctural Reflexology Department	The presence and future of Oriental Medicine in Uzbekistan	90
2011	The 2nd Annual Conference 2011	The research review of Korean medicine in Uzbekistan	75
2012	The 3nd Annual Conference 2012	Practice of Korean oriental medicine in Uzbekistan	60
2013	The 4th Korea-Uzbekistan Oriental Medicine Forum	Korean oriental medicine in Uzbekistan	100

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