American Teacher Set to Leave Hospital

Matt Robinson

By Bryan Kay
Staff Reporter

An American teacher who had been forced to return to the United States for medical treatment after a fraught spell in a Korean hospital is set to be discharged after successful surgery.

Matt Robinson, who had been penniless and had no medical insurance, left Korea at the end of June after members of the foreign community here sprang into action to raise 28 million won to pay his mounting medical bills.

He has been released from Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, after being admitted for another round of necessary follow-up procedures to treatment he received in a Korean hospital to repair damaged tissue in his lower body ― surgery that was ultimately life-saving.

His friend, Sara Moore, who visited him this week at the clinic, said, ``He was in excellent spirits and seemed well taken care of. He is looking forward to being able to leave the hospital soon, but he will still be in and out for more surgeries and follow ups."

Robinson hopes to return to Korea after he is fully recovered to thank those who contributed to the fund set up to help pay for his treatment.

bk@koreatimes.co.kr

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