[사회]Hospital bed emergency with a sudden increase in gastrointestinal diseases … “You must designate a dedicated hospital”

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Among 19 corona-infected patients, 21 patients who had been aggravated by severe stomach problems were added per day.

Last month, the scale of confirmed cases increased rapidly, with seriously ill patients appearing one after another late.

There was an urgent need to secure beds immediately, and the medical association demanded the designation of a corona-only hospital.

This is Hyungwon Lee, reporter.

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There were 21 people with severe gastric disorders a day.

It is the largest since the beginning of September.

As in August, when the second pandemic occurred, the rapid increase in confirmed cases was also significant.

Although there are relatively many younger patients, the size of the diagnosis itself is large, so there are also critically ill patients.

[권준욱 / 중앙방역대책본부 제2부본부장 : 전체 환자 발생 규모가 늘어났기 때문에 조금 더 시간 차이를 두고 위중증 환자가 늘어났고, 사망자의 규모도 조금 더 시간 차이를 두고 늘어날 가능성을 배제할 수 없는….]

Considering the fact that it takes about a week to 10 days to get worse after infection, the future is a bigger problem.

Currently, there are only 66 beds in the country where critically ill patients can be hospitalized.

As for the metropolitan area where the patients were concentrated, 28 areas, including Gyeongnam and Jeonnam and Jeonbuk, were already sold out.

[정기석 / 한림대성심병원 호흡기내과 교수 : 곧 소위 중환자실은 포화가 될 거라고 보는 것이거든요. 중환자실 들어가면 대개 3~4주는 있어야 하기 때문에, 더 길게 있는 분들도 많기 때문에….]

Experts said that the expansion of beds for critically ill patients is urgent and urged the designation of an exclusive hospital of corona instead of a circumcision.

[김대하 / 대한의사협회 대변인: 3∼4개 정도 권역에는 입원 환자라든지 모든 환자를 코로나 환자만 볼 수 있는 병원을 지정해서…. 병상을 추가로 확보해야 하지, 기존 병상을 빨리 순환시켜서 할 수 있는 건 아니라는 거고요.]

In fact, during the first pandemic in February, the Daegu Dongsan hospital was operating in this way for a while, but there were also problems such as government support not being delivered in time.

The government announced that it is preparing a plan to secure beds based on these experiences.

YTN Hyungwon Lee[[email protected]]it is.

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