Last Sunday, my wife fell down the stairs, and I was suddenly diagnosed with a compound fracture and had to have a leg surgery. Fortunately for her, her surgery seems to have gone well, and her recovery seems to be speeding up, so she is about to be discharged. However, since she can’t walk on her own, she looked for a wheelchair to use for lectures at the training center and found that it was available for rental for free, so she decided to share it.
– Elevated wheelchair that my wife is currently using at the hospital –
How to rent a wheelchair for free from the National Health Insurance Service
The first is to rent a wheelchair for free from the National Health Insurance Service. 휠체어 무료 대여
1. Access the National Health Insurance Corporation Cyber Complaint Center at the URL below. 좋은뉴스
https://minwon.nhis.or.kr/retrieveMinwonMain.xx#
National Health Insurance Service – Cyber Complaint Center
minwon.nhis.or.kr
2. On the website, click Personal Complaints – Assistive Device Rental – Status of Remaining Assistive Devices by Branch.
– National Health Insurance webpage, personal complaints – Rental of assistive devices – Status of remaining assistive devices by branch office –
3. You can view the status of remaining assistive devices by branch. In most areas, it was reported that there were no leftovers, but in addition to wheelchairs, walkers and crutches are available for rent. Please note that it is currently suspended due to concerns about infection caused by COVID-19. Since you can rent it regardless of your address, you just need to check if there are any remaining quantities in the nearby area.
– You can check the remaining quantity of auxiliary devices for each branch. –
How to rent a wheelchair for free at the public health center
All you have to do is call your local health center and ask for a free wheelchair rental. I called the Dongan-gu Public Health Center and the Manan-gu Public Health Center in Anyang City as my wife was about to be discharged from the hospital. If you need it, you can check with your local public health center by phone.
In the end, I couldn’t rent a wheelchair for free because I was looking for it because my discharge was imminent, but if you search online, you can find a place that rents a wheelchair for money. In fact, the wheelchair wasn’t as expensive as I thought, but I didn’t have to purchase it, so I paid for a 1-month rental of an elevating wheelchair online. The wheelchairs are sent by courier, and when the expiration date is over, they are collected by courier for free, so there is no difficulty, and renting them is also cheaper than expected.