Did you know that free wheelchair rental is available?
Use wheelchairs and assistive devices with assistive device rental from the National Health Insurance Corporation!
– As we live, we will suffer big and small injuries. Or, as you get older, your body starts to feel uncomfortable one by one.
Of course, each person is different, but eventually there comes a time in life when you need a wheelchair or other assistive devices. Same for me.
Recently, one of my relatives was confined to a wheelchair due to an accident. So, while I was looking for information to help, I came across information about free wheelchair rental from the local government, and I would like to introduce it to you. 휠체어 무료 대여
I’m sure this will be a useful tip for some people. Refer to the below for free rental of wheelchairs, as well as other necessary assistive devices, if available.
How to rent a wheelchair for free 좋은뉴스
– The cheapest lightweight manual aluminum wheelchair costs over 150,000 won. In addition, an electric wheelchair costs close to 1 million won no matter how cheap it is, and when various functions are added, even 2 million won becomes a [bump of money] that easily exceeds.
In addition, if it is an imported product such as a German product with good performance, it will cost well over 6 million won. It is an amount that can easily pass over the monthly salary of a moderate office worker.
If you have a lot of money, it won’t be a problem, but if buying an electric wheelchair like this is really a matter of livelihood, the story changes 180 degrees. In particular, if you are a vulnerable group such as an elderly person living alone, you should also buy a cheap manual wheelchair.
Without further ado, I will explain right away. I will post the related homepage shortcut address separately below, so please take a look at the explanation.
To receive the free wheelchair rental service, go to the [National Health Insurance Cyber Complaint Center] homepage, search for [assistive devices] in the search box, and then click [Rental assistive devices by branch] in the menu search below.
If you find it annoying or difficult to search, please click [here]. Go directly to that page.
If you go to the relevant section, you will see an explanation of the purpose, target, and reservation method for free assistive device rental.
– Purpose: Relief of economic burden by providing life convenience and reducing purchasing costs for subscribers who temporarily need assistive devices during treatment and rehabilitation.
– Eligibility for rental: National health insurance subscribers (dependents) and medical benefits recipients (actually all citizens of the Republic of Korea are eligible) (except for patients currently hospitalized or receiving treatment at nursing institutions)
The types of reporting equipment available for rental and the rental period are as follows. Of course, it is not a lifetime rental. Others should use it too.
Wheelchair Basic Type/Basic 2 months for children, extended by 1 month unit 2 times, 4 months use
Walker wheels Basic 2 months Extended by 1 month 2 times 4 months
Zigzag basic 2 months 1 month extension 2 times 4 months use
Crutches aluminum basic 2 months 1 month extension 2 times 4 months
The basic rental period is 2 months, including wheelchairs, and can be extended twice by 1 month each. The same goes for the rest of the aids.
The images of assistive devices that can be rented free of charge, including wheelchairs, provided by the National Health Insurance Corporation are as follows.
– How to rent: Applicants or borrowers can apply for rental by visiting a branch with their ID card. Online reservations are not available, wired reservations are possible.
– Please refer to the screenshot above for rental offices nationwide. If you want to find the phone number or location of the branch you want, you can follow the method below.
If you click [Here], a search window will appear as shown in the screenshot above. If you have entered, enter one of the city/gun/gu or eup/myeon/dong or branch name you want to search in the place marked with a red square and click the search tab on the right to display the search results.
If you search, the corresponding branch will appear in the search results as shown in the screenshot above. If you click the [Detail View] item on the right, the branch address, customer center number, and transportation will be displayed in detail as the detailed information below. Based on this information, you can contact the branch in question.
However, there is one thing you need to check before renting a wheelchair for free. You should check the status of remaining assistive devices by branch at the National Health Insurance Cyber Complaint Center.
Not all branches have assistive devices in stock, so you need to check which branch has assistive devices, including wheelchairs, through that item. Click [Here] to move to the inventory status of assistive devices.
If you go to that item, you will see the nationwide stock status like this. If the number is 0, free rental of wheelchairs including other assistive devices is currently not possible at the branch. It means out of stock.
Seoul is currently out of stock, and Donghae-si, Gangwon-do has the most stock left in the Seoul/Gangwon region.
For your information, if the branch office in your area does not have stock, and if you are in another area, you can go to the branch in another area and borrow it if there is no problem in receiving and returning it.
In this way, there are many things that we can get free services from local governments without knowing or not knowing. In the future, we will always introduce useful information, including free rental of these wheelchairs.
If you would like to find out about wheelchairs and other assistive devices through social commerce, please see below.