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With the problem of bed shortages becoming more serious, the number of confirmed patients who died while awaiting bed allocation at a nursing hospital in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, increased yesterday from 3 to 16 in total.
The confirmed cumulative number of Guro-gu nursing hospitals exceeded 100.
There is a reporter on the site. Reporter Shin Joon-myeong!
Right now, is something sad going on where Corona 19 infected patients die without receiving treatment?
[기자]Yes, in this nursing hospital, the cumulative number of confirmed cases has risen to 146 so far after the first confirmed cases came out on the 11th.
Of these, 16 died while waiting for bed assignments.
After 6 nursing care workers were confirmed for the first time on the 11th, when 60 patients were confirmed in a pile, the nursing hospital went into group quarantine.
To date, 93 people, including residents, staff and caregivers, are in cohort quarantine at the hospital.
Of these, 71 were confirmed.
Confirmed patients need treatment, but this nursing hospital does not have negative pressure equipment or critical care facilities.
Due to a lack of medical staff, the Central Accident Control Center has employed 19 medical staff, but there is a limit to care for confirmed patients without medical equipment.
Since employees and patients have already been exposed to infection for a long time and poor ventilation in winter, there is a high possibility that unconfirmed patients in cohort quarantine along with confirmed cases will eventually become infected.
[앵커]Group infections continue in every nursing hospital in the country and there aren’t enough beds to transfer these patients, right?
[기자]So is. From last month 22 to 9, there were 17 cases of COVID-19 outbreaks in hospitals and nursing facilities.
As for the major outbreak cases, firstly, the number of confirmed cases related to Guro Nursing Hospital in Seoul increased yesterday by 53 per day, and the cumulative number of cases is 107 so far.
The Cheongju Nursing Home, Chungbuk Province, currently has 71 confirmed cases and the virus has spread to the families of 5 residents.
Regarding the Gwangju Buk-gu Nursing Home, the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 17 in two days after the first confirmed cases occurred on the 20th.
28 people were confirmed at Siheung Nursing Home in Gyeonggi Province and 24 at Seo-gu Nursing Home in Incheon.
Most of the confirmed cases in nursing hospitals, etc., are hospitalized elderly patients between 70 and 90 years, so the number of deaths may increase even more.
However, there is no bed to attend to the confirmed person.
As of yesterday, the hospital bed utilization rate of hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases in the metropolitan area reached 78.8%, surpassing 84% in Seoul alone.
Notably, out of 100 treatment beds dedicated to seriously ill patients in Seoul, only 8 are currently available for immediate hospitalization.
Quarantine authorities are in an emergency situation to secure beds.
Private hospitals volunteer to designate a base hospital
Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital is the first private general hospital in the metropolitan area to volunteer as a dedicated Corona 19 hospital to begin construction of the facility.
Incheon Gil Hospital is slated to become a Corona 19 Critical Patient Base Hospital.
Pyeongtaek Bharae Hospital, which opened the entire hospital, will begin treatment for confirmed patients from the 24th, and Namyangju Hyundai Hospital will also volunteer to provide a total of 119 beds, including those for seriously ill patients.
[앵커]Is the problem of the shortage of beds serious, and do the collective infections continue not only in nursing hospitals, but also in everyday areas?
[기자]So is. It is not safe anywhere, such as workplaces, religious facilities, or construction sites.
In particular, the spread throughout the metropolitan area is serious.
Eight people were confirmed at Incheon New Port Logistics Terminal and 17 at Incheon Jung-gu food processing business.
The church in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, has racked up 213 confirmed cases since the first confirmed cases on the 6th.
The number of confirmed cases related to the Yongsan-gu Trade Center construction site was counted as 101.
Due to the unprecedented spread, a hasty measure has been issued prohibiting gatherings of more than 5 people from 0:00 am tomorrow.
The city of Seoul repeatedly asked for citizens’ cooperation, saying, “If you cannot cross this obstacle, the landscape of empty streets and city blockades can occur in Seoul.”
So far, YTN Shin Jun-myeong in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do[[email protected]]is.
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