On April 9, 2019, Dong-A Socio Group announced that it had provided the volunteer group of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) with the Dong-A Socio Group’s ‘Volunteer Pharmacy Trucks’ to assist residents affected by wildfires in Gangwon province.
The vehicle is a 1.2T truck specially customized by Dong-A Socio Group to provide prompt assistance to residents of an affected area in the event of a disaster. The truck is run as a mobile volunteer pharmacy at the time of a disaster, and is used in the social contribution activities of the KPA and the Dong-A Socio Groups on other days.
The volunteer pharmacy truck arrived at the office of Toseong-myeon, Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do on the 6th, and helped the Korean Pharmaceutical Association and the Gangwon Pharmaceutical Association to supply medicines to the victims of the wildfire. As the wildfires quickly spread to several regions in Gangwon province, as well as to the shelters and town halls where the victims were evacuated, the volunteer pharmacy trucks will circle the area to reach all victims in need of help.
Apart from the volunteer pharmacy trucks, Dong-A Socio Group will deliver relief items such as 5,000 bottles of Bacchus, Dong-A Pharm’s fatigue remedy, to Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do.
An executive of Dong-A Socio Holdings said, “We hope that our volunteer pharmacy trucks will deliver much-needed help and relief to tired victims of these wildfires. We will also provide help in every way possible so that they can return to their normal life as soon as possible.