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[사진 출처=연합뉴스]The government has issued an administrative order to secure the first hospital beds for nursing homes and national university hospitals. This is due to the shortage of beds for critically ill patients due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the ‘third pandemic’.
On the 19th, according to the medical community and local governments, the Accident Recovery Headquarters (heavy copy) sent an official letter entitled ‘Order to secure a dedicated treatment bed for seriously ill patients with Corona 19’ to each local government the previous day.
In an official statement, Jungsubon said: “As the number of confirmed corona19 nationwide increases in recent years, securing beds capable of treating critically ill patients is an important situation.” .
Specifically, Jungsubon ordered to insure at least 1% of the number of beds authorized by medical institutions for higher-level hospitals and 1% or more of the number of beds approved by National University Hospitals, respectively, to insure them as dedicated beds. to treat seriously ill patients.
According to this measure, not only the large general hospitals called ‘Big 5’, but also around 40 advanced general hospitals must ensure at least 1% of the beds approved by the health authorities as exclusive beds for seriously ill patients.
An official from the quarantine authorities said: “Through the order to secure beds, we hope to be able to secure more than 300 beds dedicated to treatment for seriously ill patients.” said.
According to the Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon), the number of deaths and critically ill patients is increasing rapidly as the number of confirmed corona 19 cases has recently spilled. In addition, as there are cases of death while waiting for hospitalization or other hospitals due to the shortage of beds, the problem of “overload of the medical system” is also in full swing.
The number of patients with severe gastric disorders whose condition was severe or worse that day registered 275, an increase of 29 from the previous day.
The day before, Dae-bon Bang said that three patients died while waiting to be hospitalized at home after the start of the corona epidemic19 in January, and five patients died while waiting for all quarantine beds in nursing hospitals. Six of them died this month.
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