Opinions on the first National Report of
Korea on the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
the country.
③ The government should develop educational programs for parents in order to
prevent the abuse and repeated abuse of children with disabilities, and devise
public education campaigns and systems to rectify the social perception that
the disabilities of children is one of the factors to cause child abuse.
13. Article 25. Health
13.1 Medical care for persons with disabilities
1) Current status and problems
① Many medical institutions, including local clinics and hospitals located in local
communities, do not have appropriate accessible facilities for persons with
disabilities (lifts, designated parking spaces and toilets for persons with
disabilities), and therefore persons with severe disabilities often take the
trouble to visit medical institutions equipped with such facilities but located at
far distances though what they need is simple diagnoses or prescriptions.
② According to the result of the 2013 Survey on the Status of Accessible
Facilities for Persons with Disabilities conducted by the Ministry of Health and
Welfare, only 60.5% of medical clinics, dental clinics, and oriental medical
clinics which are classified as community facilities have such accessible
facilities, and the installation rate at medical institutions such as general
hospitals, hospitals, dental hospitals, oriental medical hospitals, mental
hospitals and recuperation hospitals was 66.1%, which revealed insufficient
physical accessibility to medical institutions.
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