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Migrant Counseling
Case
Keep your
first medical checkup
certificate
until you go home
“Arnold” started life in Korea as a Filipino migrant
ment in the Philippines. So I helped him to get hospital
worker in November 2005. He had no problem with
treatment and his visa extended for four more years,
his health at that time, so he was assigned to his first
but the support pipeline ran dry in Korea and the time
company after undergoing job orientation and a med-
came for him to go home.
ical checkup in Korea. Two years into his life in Korea,
Arnold had to go home but said his family are not
he found a problem in his kidney and was informed
fully prepared to help him in the Philippines, so he
that he needed to take regular medicine immediately
almost gave up on life while in Korea. One doctor
for his condition from a hospital in Suwon.
warned that if he didn’t get dialysis for two weeks, his
Arnold grew weaker day by day because he did the
life would be at risk.
night shift at work. One day, the staff noticed his lack
As a social worker, I couldn’t let him die at home so
of concentration at work and his boss decided to let
I rushed him to Danwon Hospital after he went four
him leave the company in November 2009. Arnold was
days without dialysis. He made a dramatic recovery af-
transferred to a new company in Shiwha, but his body
ter getting dialysis. We looked for other ways to extend
could not endure the heavy workload. In June 2010, he
his stay in Korea but in vain. After a week of getting
2
had a psychological seizure during working hours at
dialysis through the emergency fund of Ansan Migrant
his dorm. I visited his office and called an ambulance
Community Service Center, he had to go back to the
to take him to a mental hospital. Doctor blamed his
Philippines and was reunited with his family on July 13,
GAZINE
seizure on a kidney malfunction. He was transferred
2015. It took exactly 10 years for him to return to his
to another hospital to get kidney dialysis immediately.
family back home. Sad to say, he was healthy when
Once Arnold started dialysis, he needed it every two
he came to Korea for work but returned home with a
HARMONY
days for life. He also needed to plant an artificial vein
serious disease. According to his last message, he is
in his arm for blood dialysis connection. I got funding
doing well through the help of his family and city gov-
from a department for supporting multicultural fami-
ernment in the Philippines. A few of his church friends
lies of Siheung City Hall for his artificial vein surgery,
in Korea sent money to him. Dear migrant workers in
but this was a huge tragedy for his life and family back
Korea, please think more about to getting basic help
home. He had no choice but to leave the company,
if faced with that situation. If you can prove you were
but his high medical bill (150,000 to 350,000 won per
healthy when you came to Korea for work, you can
dialysis treatment without medical insurance) proved
claim health pension through the Korean National
problematic as his medical insurance expired after he
Health Insurance. But Arnold, unfortunately, was in-
quit the company.
eligible for pension and returned home empty handed
Fortunately, he landed a job at a private company
because of his lack of a medical certificate saying he
and obtained medical insurance again despite a low
was healthy before arriving in Korea.
salary. Through big help from his boss, Arnold could
Please keep your first health certificate until you go
work for almost two years until his six-year visa ex-
home because you might face the same situation as
pired.
Arnold.
Even after six years in Korea, he still wanted to stay
If you can prove you were healthy when you came to
for medical care if a hospital could support him. I
Korea but got sick while in the country, you could be
looked for one that would sponsor his dialysis, while
eligible for pension for life from the National Health
he and his family found a way to continue his treat-
Insurance Corporation of Korea.
By Kyung Sik Choi chaeksik@hanmail.net
Case
Keep your
first medical checkup
certificate
until you go home
“Arnold” started life in Korea as a Filipino migrant
ment in the Philippines. So I helped him to get hospital
worker in November 2005. He had no problem with
treatment and his visa extended for four more years,
his health at that time, so he was assigned to his first
but the support pipeline ran dry in Korea and the time
company after undergoing job orientation and a med-
came for him to go home.
ical checkup in Korea. Two years into his life in Korea,
Arnold had to go home but said his family are not
he found a problem in his kidney and was informed
fully prepared to help him in the Philippines, so he
that he needed to take regular medicine immediately
almost gave up on life while in Korea. One doctor
for his condition from a hospital in Suwon.
warned that if he didn’t get dialysis for two weeks, his
Arnold grew weaker day by day because he did the
life would be at risk.
night shift at work. One day, the staff noticed his lack
As a social worker, I couldn’t let him die at home so
of concentration at work and his boss decided to let
I rushed him to Danwon Hospital after he went four
him leave the company in November 2009. Arnold was
days without dialysis. He made a dramatic recovery af-
transferred to a new company in Shiwha, but his body
ter getting dialysis. We looked for other ways to extend
could not endure the heavy workload. In June 2010, he
his stay in Korea but in vain. After a week of getting
2
had a psychological seizure during working hours at
dialysis through the emergency fund of Ansan Migrant
his dorm. I visited his office and called an ambulance
Community Service Center, he had to go back to the
to take him to a mental hospital. Doctor blamed his
Philippines and was reunited with his family on July 13,
GAZINE
seizure on a kidney malfunction. He was transferred
2015. It took exactly 10 years for him to return to his
to another hospital to get kidney dialysis immediately.
family back home. Sad to say, he was healthy when
Once Arnold started dialysis, he needed it every two
he came to Korea for work but returned home with a
HARMONY
days for life. He also needed to plant an artificial vein
serious disease. According to his last message, he is
in his arm for blood dialysis connection. I got funding
doing well through the help of his family and city gov-
from a department for supporting multicultural fami-
ernment in the Philippines. A few of his church friends
lies of Siheung City Hall for his artificial vein surgery,
in Korea sent money to him. Dear migrant workers in
but this was a huge tragedy for his life and family back
Korea, please think more about to getting basic help
home. He had no choice but to leave the company,
if faced with that situation. If you can prove you were
but his high medical bill (150,000 to 350,000 won per
healthy when you came to Korea for work, you can
dialysis treatment without medical insurance) proved
claim health pension through the Korean National
problematic as his medical insurance expired after he
Health Insurance. But Arnold, unfortunately, was in-
quit the company.
eligible for pension and returned home empty handed
Fortunately, he landed a job at a private company
because of his lack of a medical certificate saying he
and obtained medical insurance again despite a low
was healthy before arriving in Korea.
salary. Through big help from his boss, Arnold could
Please keep your first health certificate until you go
work for almost two years until his six-year visa ex-
home because you might face the same situation as
pired.
Arnold.
Even after six years in Korea, he still wanted to stay
If you can prove you were healthy when you came to
for medical care if a hospital could support him. I
Korea but got sick while in the country, you could be
looked for one that would sponsor his dialysis, while
eligible for pension for life from the National Health
he and his family found a way to continue his treat-
Insurance Corporation of Korea.
By Kyung Sik Choi chaeksik@hanmail.net
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