Samsung Medical Center Expands Treatment Beds for Critically Ill Patients with Corona 19

Samsung Electronics Vice President Lee Jae-yong will send out a Corona 19 questionnaire after completing his overseas business trip in June. [연합뉴스]

Samsung Medical Center Advanced General Hospitals, Seoul Samsung Hospital and Gangbuk Samsung Hospital announced on the 22nd that they will expand the operation of dedicated treatment beds for seriously ill patients with novel coronavirus (Corona 19) infection. Samsung Seoul Hospital in Ilwon-dong, Seoul, has increased the number of 8 beds in operation, plus 12, 20 beds, and Gangbuk Samsung Hospital in Pyeong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, has increased to 7 beds with 3 additional beds.

On the 18th, the government issued an administrative order on the 18th to “secure at least 1% of the number of authorized beds in 17 national university hospitals and 42 high-level private hospitals for the use of critically ill patients with Corona 19.” It was an extraordinary measure that was taken as the number of critically ill Corona 19 patients increased, but the number of beds became insufficient. In the case of Seoul, until the 21st there were eight beds dedicated to critical patients. Under this executive order, Seoul Samsung Hospital (1985 beds) must insure 20 or more beds, and Gangbuk Samsung Hospital (689 beds) must insure 7 or more beds.

Consequently, Seoul Samsung Hospital became the first among the ‘Big 5’ hospitals (Asan, Severance, Samsung Seoul, Seoul National University and Asan, Seoul) to comply with the government’s administrative order. Seoul Samsung Hospital plans to increase the number of negative pressure beds installed with portable negative pressure devices by three more than the previous one (17) by the 26th. The negative pressure room is a special room designed to allow air enter only inside the room using the atmospheric pressure difference. It is used primarily to treat patients with infectious diseases related to the respiratory tract, including Corona 19.

On this day, Samsung Medical Center said: “It is difficult as seriously ill patients need to be treated intensively with Corona 19 so that there are no setbacks in the treatment of general intensive care patients, but we will put all the capabilities available to overcome difficulties “.

Samsung Electronics has distributed more than 100,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) through cooperation with non-profit organizations in the United States. [사진 삼성전자 미국 뉴스룸]

This year, Samsung is working on various media to overcome Corona 19 at home and abroad. In March, the Samsung Human Resources Development Institute training center in Yeongdeok, Gyeongbuk, was provided to treat Corona 19. In the United States, more than $ 4 million (about $ 4.4 billion) was donated. won) to local communities in New Jersey, California and Texas, and Samsung employees volunteered.

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