Crown stomach / grave 101 people … Government “There is room for acceptance at the moment, and it is expanding”

Entry 2020.12.02 12:08 | Revision 2020.12.02 12:09

As the number of seriously ill patients whose condition is severe or worse due to the coronavirus increases, the government decided to install more urgent care beds across the country in preparation for the bed shortage. The number of gastric and critically ill patients increased to 101 as of midnight on day 2.

In a regular briefing on the coronavirus, the first general coordinator of the Central Headquarters for Disaster Countermeasures and Burglar Security said: “We are working hard to ensure medical response capabilities and in particular we are working hard to secure beds for critically ill. I have a dog bed, “he said.

According to the announcement, there are currently 44 treatment beds dedicated to infectious diseases that can be immediately hospitalized for patients with severe and severe coronavirus. To this, there were a total of 59 beds for critically ill patients, adding 15 beds for seriously ill patients reported by medical institutions.

The government plans to operate an additional 30 urgent care beds at the National Medical Center for the treatment of patients with gastric and severe diseases, fearing the increase in patients with gastric and serious diseases. Gang-tae, general coordinator, said: “Considering the effect of social distancing, we believe there is room for critically ill patients at the moment.”

The government plans to strengthen the efficient use of bed resources, such as the allocation of beds according to the severity of the patients and the transfer of patients with improved symptoms to general wards.

The script also plans to open an additional life treatment center in the Gyeongbuk region and five life treatment centers by the local government by next week. The number of patients that can be admitted to these six centers is expected to be about 1,300.

As of the day before, there are a total of 16 life treatment centers operated by the government and local governments (with a capacity of 3,478 people), and an additional center designated by the Accident Response Headquarters will open that day.

According to the script, if there are no symptoms according to the quarantine clearance criteria, the Life Therapy Center residents stay at the center for 10 days and then leave. However, if 10 asymptomatic days have passed after confirmation, or 7 days have passed without symptoms after confirmation, and two consecutive negative PCR tests (genetic amplification), they will come out of quarantine.

A script official said: “In the third and fourth week of last month, there were 843 and 1,451 residents, respectively, more than those who were discharged (263, 476).” As such, the operation of the life treatment center will gradually stabilize.