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Busan Metropolitan City Activates Emergency Medical Care System for Chuseok Holiday… Ensuring a Safe Holiday with No Gaps in Medical Care

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Mayor Chun Jae-soo, announced that it has established an emergency medical care plan for the Chuseok holiday from September 24 to 27 so that residents can enjoy a safe and healthy holiday. In cooperation with emergency medical institutions, public health centers, medical institutions, and other relevant organizations, the city will work to minimize gaps in medical services and respond swiftly to emergencies.

The plan focuses on maintaining emergency and essential medical services so that residents can receive necessary medical care in a timely manner during the Chuseok holiday, while also ensuring a rapid response to emergencies such as large-scale disasters and accidents.

Key measures include operating emergency medical situation rooms, providing 24-hour services at emergency medical institutions, keeping designated hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies open, maintaining essential medical services such as pediatric and maternity care, and activating the disaster emergency medical response system.

Busan Metropolitan City and its 16 districts and counties will operate emergency medical situation rooms throughout the holiday to continuously monitor the operations of emergency medical institutions and hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies that remain open, and to respond promptly to medical issues.

They will monitor the treatment status of emergency medical institutions and the operating status of hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies open during the holiday, while providing residents with information on available medical facilities.

A total of 38 emergency medical institutions and facilities, including the regional emergency medical centers at Dong-A University Hospital and Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, will operate 24 hours a day throughout the holiday as usual.

Hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies will remain open during the holiday so that residents can conveniently receive medical care close to home, and public health centers will also provide medical services.

A total of 2,204 hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies will be open during the holiday, comprising 749 hospitals and clinics and 1,455 pharmacies. An average of 551 facilities per day will operate, including 187.3 hospitals and clinics and 363.7 pharmacies.

As of September 10, 2026.

In particular, to secure as many medical institutions and pharmacies as possible for operation on Chuseok Day, the city has increased its financial support rates. Depending on operating hours, hospitals will receive KRW 500,000 to 900,000, clinics KRW 400,000 to 700,000, and pharmacies KRW 160,000 to 320,000.

Public health centers will suspend services such as various tests and the issuance of medical certificates, and will provide consultations and prescriptions only.

Essential medical services for pediatric patients, high-risk pregnant women, and newborns will also remain fully operational without interruption.

Nine Moonlight Children’s Hospitals and four pediatric night and holiday medical institutions in underserved areas will operate to minimize gaps in pediatric care.

In addition, to protect high-risk pregnant women and newborns, the city will maintain intensive treatment and 24-hour emergency response systems through two Regional Maternal and Child Medical Centers and coordination among obstetric medical institutions in Busan.

To prepare for mass casualties arising from disasters, rapid response teams at public health centers in all 16 districts and counties and Disaster Medical Assistance Teams at three designated disaster base hospitals will maintain close communication systems to respond quickly to disaster situations.

The three hospitals are Dong-A University Hospital, Pusan National University Hospital, and Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital.

Information on hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies open during the holiday is available through the Health and Welfare Counseling Center (☎129), the 119 Emergency Operations Center (☎119), and emergency medical situation rooms at district and county public health centers.

Residents can also check participating facilities and treatment hours through the Busan Metropolitan City website at https://www.busan.go.kr, the Emergency Medical Portal at https://www.e-gen.or.kr, and the mobile app Eunggeup TokTok.

As treatment hours may change depending on the circumstances of individual medical institutions, residents are advised to call ahead to confirm availability before visiting.

Cho Gyu-yul, Director General of the Citizen Health Bureau of Busan Metropolitan City, said, “During this Chuseok holiday, we will operate the emergency medical system thoroughly so that residents can access the medical services they need in a timely manner, while also making comprehensive preparations to ensure uninterrupted essential medical care, including pediatric and maternity services, as well as disaster medical response.”

He added, “We encourage residents with mild symptoms to first visit a nearby hospital, clinic, or public health center that is open, while emergency patients requiring prompt treatment should use an emergency room. We hope everyone has a safe and healthy holiday.”