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Almost 1,000 confirmed cases, emergency bed safety … 11 children for critical patients in the metropolitan area
Last update 2020.12.12 15:09Article entry 2020.12.12 15:04
Medical staff are practicing simulating patient treatment in the corona 19 patient reception room at Seoul St. Mary Hospital in Seocho-gu, Seoul. / Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81 @
According to the Accident Control Headquarters (heavy copy), as of the day before, there were only 58 beds left in the country and 11 in the metropolitan area (7 in Seoul, 3 in Gyeonggi and 1 in Incheon). In the non-metropolitan area, most cities and provinces have one or two each, and only Gwangju (7) and Busan and Daegu (5 each) have more than five.
It is the same as there is not enough room for ordinary hospital beds. Currently, there are 4,948 beds in 48 hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases, but 1,765 (36%) of them can be hospitalized. Only 492 were left in the metropolitan area.
The number of new confirmed cases on this day reached the highest level since the first confirmed case in Korea on January 20. The number of seriously ill patients was counted at 179, an increase of 10 from the previous day.
As the problem of bed shortages emerged, the government is pursuing a plan to use only the treatment of critically ill patients by designating all or part of the metropolitan area hospitals as “base-type hospitals for critical patients.” The city of Seoul began to install a mobile container bed. In addition, 1,000 additional general hospital beds have been secured in public and national hospitals, and they are scheduled to start operating as soon as possible next week. In addition, Jungsubon is discussing with the hospital how to operate the Ilsan Hospital of the National Health Insurance Service, Pyeongtaek Pharae Hospital, and Seongnam Medical Center as Corona-dedicated hospitals19.
On the same day, Democratic Party lawmaker Shin Hyun-young, who was a former doctor, said on his Facebook page: “The workforce of doctors and nurses who will continue the strategy to significantly increase temporary facilities for minor patients and who will be in charge of mild patients should receive active support and cooperation through the Medical Association and the Nursing Association. He noted that “if there is a clear control tower for the placement and use of beds for seriously ill patients, we can overcome resistance or lack of cooperation from hospitals that care for critically ill patients. “
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