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The Ilsan Hospital of the National Health Insurance Corporation, a public hospital in the metropolitan area, will provide 107 additional beds to treat confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). The photo shows patients who are transferred to Ilsan Hospital on the 20th. Yunhap news
On the 21st, Seoul A Large Hospital held an emergency meeting early in the morning with the executive meeting. This is because the government issued an administrative order last weekend to ‘secure at least 1% of all beds by the 26th as a dedicated treatment bed for seriously ill patients with novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19 ). To adhere to this plan, the number of corona 19 critically ill beds currently in operation must be multiplied by five. A hospital official said: “Existing critically ill patients will have to move to another facility in the hospital and empty a room,” he said. “Corona 19 critically ill patients have five times as many nurses to care for, so we are preparing separate training.”
Target 318 beds … Large private hospitals “Time is too short”
The reason why the Accident Control Headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (heavy water supply) issued an administrative order to large private hospitals is that these hospitals are of the highest level in terms of medical personnel and equipment used in the intensive care unit. You can immediately change your posture to care for critically ill Corona 19 patients.
However, large-scale private hospitals called the ‘Big 5’ are showing difficulties. It is because it is not easy to create 10-20 dedicated beds within this week. These hospitals are full of critically ill patients from all over the country who have visited the best hospitals. The bed cannot be easily removed. Additionally, the infectious disease bed must be considered separately for equipment such as motion lines and negative pressure devices.
The expansion of the workforce is also cause for concern. An official at a large hospital said: “About 5 people enter each coronavirus in critical condition, but if the number of patients increases by 10, it means that 50 more nurses are needed.” “It’s tight.”
Seoul Asan Hospital and Seoul Samsung Hospital need to secure 27 and 20 critically ill beds, respectively, to convert 1% of all beds. So far, both hospitals have operated six dedicated beds. The number of Sinchon Severance hospitals should increase from 5 to 25, and Seoul St. Mary Hospital should increase from 6 to 14. For this reason, some predict that securing 318 beds for this weekend is not easy.
A large hospital official who requested anonymity said: “We are considering removing a room with around 50 patients to secure a room dedicated to the crown, but it is not as easy as it sounds,” he said.
Target 822 beds … Hospital dedicated to infectious diseases
On the other hand, places that volunteered for hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases are rapidly transforming. There aren’t many critically ill patients, so you have an advantage.
On the 14th, the Pyeongtaek Hospital, Gyeonggi Province, which announced that it would release the entire hospital as a dedicated hospital, entered the final stage of installing a portable negative pressure device. There are 140 treatment beds including 20 seriously ill patients, 80 sub-severe patients, and 40 general high-risk patients. It is expected to come into operation from the 24th.
The Ilsan Hospital of Health Insurance Corporation began receiving patients since last weekend. It has 107 beds. An official from Ilsan Hospital said: “Existing patients have either been discharged from the hospital or transferred to another ward,” he said. “Unlike the large hospitals, there were no major difficulties because the bed utilization rate was not high.”
Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital announced its intention to operate a hospital dedicated to the crown for the first time among high-level general hospitals. The hospital is under construction to demolish 80 beds on the third floor of the annex and build 20 corona beds with negative pressure facilities. The goal is to start trading on weekends.
However, these hospitals are understaffed. Volunteers, etc. they must be obtained through the government. You need time to adapt your breathing to that of medical personnel. In addition to these hospitals, there should be more hospitals volunteering for dedicated hospitals. The government has set a goal of securing 822 beds by the end of the year.
A heavy water company official said: “The speed to secure critically ill beds may be a bit slow at first because the construction of the facilities and the energy measures have to be carried out, but over time, it will speed up a little more. “
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