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On the morning of the 15th, construction of a temporary container platform is underway at the Seoul Medical Center in Jungnang-gu, Seoul. Yunhap news
On the 16th, only one bed was left in Seoul for seriously ill patients with new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). There are 1 beds left in Incheon and 0 in Gyeonggi-do. It is the current address of the metropolitan area, which has an emergency to secure crown 19 treatment beds. However, experts agree that “Korea does not lack an absolute number of beds.” They note that the government’s efforts to secure the Corona 19 beds were insufficient.
“No. 2 in the OECD for the number of beds per 1000 people”
Number of beds per 1000 people in the main OECD countries. Graphic = Reporter Jaemin Shin [email protected]
Korea’s number of beds compared to its population is among the highest among OECD member countries. According to ‘OECD Health Statistics 2020’, published in September by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korean Institute of Health and Social Affairs, the number of beds per 1,000 inhabitants in Korea is 12.4. It is the second place after Japan (13.0), the first place. The average number of beds per 1,000 inhabitants in 37 OECD countries is 4.5, 2.8 times more in Korea. As of 2018, there are a total of 11,229 intensive care beds across the country. Jae-wook Choi, a professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Korea University School of Medicine, explained: “We were told that our country is often full of beds.
Only 10% of public hospital beds
Kim Yoon, a professor in the Department of Medical Management at Seoul National University School of Medicine, analyzed that “the reason for the current shortage of beds is that the government has only relied on beds in public hospitals and has not been able to secure private beds. ” According to the ‘Collection of Public Health Statistics 2019’, published by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the National Medical Center, the number of hospital beds in public medical institutions is only 10% of the total beds. However, even Lee cannot use the beds in all public medical institutions as crown beds 19. This is because many socially vulnerable groups, such as low-income and unrelated people, are hospitalized in public hospitals.
This does not mean that the government does not pay any compensation to private hospitals that provide hospital beds. The Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters plans to provide incentives by adding 5 times the average daily income for beds and 10 times the treatment of patients when private hospitals have to sacrifice themselves to secure intensive care beds. However, there is only one private hospital in Pyeongtaek.
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On the 16th, citizens who visited the Corona 19 Detection Clinic of Dongnae-gu Health Center in Dongnae-gu, Busan, are testing for a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). News 1
Experts say it is difficult to cooperate with hospital beds because private hospitals distrust the government. Professor Choi said: “At the time of the MERS outbreak in 2015, the Loss Compensation Committee was first established, but the compensation was not paid properly.” In this situation, which hospital will gladly give you the bed?
In fact, Samsung Medical Center has yet to receive 60.7 billion won in compensation for losses caused by medical paralysis during the MERS outbreak. In May, the Supreme Court ruled that the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare should pay compensation for losses to the hospital, but the hospital has yet to receive compensation. A Samsung Medical Center official said: “The obvious reason is unknown, but compensation is still in ‘deferred payment’ status.”
“We need to secure beds with clear compensation”
On the 14th, a temporary container bed is being installed in the vacant lot of the Seoul Medical Center in Jungnang-gu, Seoul to secure a bed for a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). Yunhap news
Professor Choi explained: “It is not a method to calculate the amount of compensation after the fact, but the daily compensation rate for each room, such as a room where ECMO treatment is possible, an intensive care room and a general room. , it must be clearly defined. ” Professor Kim also noted that “the government has not been able to persuade private hospitals,” he said. “The reason for not cooperating with each hospital is different, but it is obviously abandoning the responsibility of the government.” He said: “The average number of days of hospitalization for patients in the intensive care unit of a private hospital is about 4-5 days. There are not many critically ill patients who need long-term hospitalization, “he said.” By reducing the number of hospital days for non-emergency patients in private hospitals, or by vacating only 10% of the intensive care unit, we can secure enough Corona 19 beds.
Reporter Kim Ji-ah [email protected]
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