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Hospitalized for two days in a Pohang hospital due to a traffic accident
Even if I know that the caregiver in the same room is confirmed, I do not do the test.
A man in his 60s who died while vomiting blood in an office in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do was confirmed to be infected with a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in a post-mortem examination. Four policemen who were sent to confirm the identity and death of the man were immediately quarantined.
According to Pohang City and Pohang North Police Station on the 13th, a man in his 60s who died in an office in Dongbin-dong, Buk-gu the day before around 5:10 p.m. tested positive. of specimen crown 19 made after death. At the time of discovery, the man was vomiting blood, and the building manager found it and called 119.
The paramedics who were dispatched decided that the man had died of cardiac arrest and turned him over to the police.
Police opened the cell phone to verify the identity of the body and verified a text message that read: “ Due to the corona 19 patient and the traffic line overlap, please do a test. He then asked the quarantine authorities to examine the dead for Corona 19, and was notified of the confirmation around midnight that day.
North Gyeongsang Pohang Police Station. Hankook Ilbo Data Photo
As a result of a police investigation, the man who died was hospitalized in a hospital in the Pohang area on the 30th of last month in a traffic accident and was discharged on the 1st. During this period, a caregiver in the same pavilion where he received a cell phone message from quarantine authorities saying ‘Take a sample test’ on day 9 after being diagnosed with Corona 19, but did not follow it up.
The nursing care worker in the same ward is Corona 19 patient number 140 in Pohang, confirmed on day 9. After working at the hospital until the last 4 days, I took a sample test to work at another hospital and found out that was confirmed.
Four policemen who were dispatched to the scene to investigate the identity and cause of death of the man who died were immediately quarantined.
Quarantine authorities are tracking down the man who died and his close contacts. In addition, when a man is admitted to a hospital and receives treatment, a patient- and staff-centered epidemiological investigation is conducted.
A Pohang city official said: “The 140th patient from Corona 19 in Pohang was confirmed on the 9th, and at this point, the staff and 100 patients working at the hospital tested negative for the sample.” . “He said.
Jeonghye Kim reporter [email protected]
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