Pusan ​​National University Hospital “Average 100 → 50 per day” … The growing medical gap

On the morning of the 31st, in front of the emergency room of the Chosun University Hospital, a fourth-grade student in the main department of the Chosun University Medical School made a single protest. Freelancer Jeongpil Jang

With the closure of the medical group from 21 to 11, most of the country’s general and university hospitals entered the emergency treatment system. In Daegu, as 79 professors from Kyungpook National University took part in a picket rally and some members of the medical school joined the strike, concerns about the medical gap are mounting.

In the Jeonbuk region, 377 physicians, including the specialty and full-time physicians from the Chonbuk National University Hospital and Wonkwang University Hospital, are missing from the front-line medical field at the same time, and the specialists, professors and staff Nurses who have not participated in group breaks are filling the medical void. As of 31, 377 people, including 168 specialties and 27 full-time doctors and 27 specialists at Chonbuk National University Hospital, were found to be participating in the group license, including 118 people in the specialty and 182 full-time doctors plus 182 at Wonkwang University Hospital.

There is concern in the Jeonbuk province medical community that “at this time, surgeries or exams are delayed, but if the group’s leave is prolonged, it could lead to irreversible situations such as the overload of the remaining medical staff and medical accidents. “. Lee Eun-jin, director of the Jeonbuk Nursing Association, said: “In the case of nurses, after the new coronavirus (Corona 19) infection, the number of screening clinics and quarantine rooms increased. This it has increased significantly, ”he said.

On the morning of the 31st, nurses check patients’ temperatures in front of the emergency room at Chonnam National University Hospital. On the wall, there is a poster that reads the main council of the university: “Priority is given to local emergency medical care instead of reproducing insolvent medical schools.” Freelancer Jeongpil Jang

An official at Chonbuk National University Hospital said: “Outpatient treatment is originally focused on the teacher, so there is not a big problem yet,” he said. “However, the surgery must be assisted by a full-time physician or a main physician.” Emergency surgery was performed before group breakdowns, and cancer patients or life-threatening surgeries are not postponed in principle, but the rest of the surgery is postponed. “He said.

In the metropolitan city of Gwangju, 142 people from the specialties of Chosun University Hospital submitted their resignations as a group. They said: “Without adjusting the number of essential departments related to emergency medical care, expanding the capacity of the medical school and establishing a public medical school cannot improve the abnormal structure in which doctors focus only on certain departments. popular “. Ho-jong Lee, the specialty representative from Chosun University Hospital, said, “I want you to know why you want to publicize all your specialty majors after studying 6 years in medical school.” . “If you try to increase the number of people, you will only repeat the situation where you are concentrating only on popular overwork.”

Chonnam National University Hospital estimates that first visit patient sizes have decreased by 50-60% since before the group left. An official from Chonnam National University Hospital said: “We are closing the treatment gap by switching essential parts like the intensive care unit and the emergency room to a specialized response system.”

On the morning of the morning of the 31st, 79 professors from the Kyungpook National University Hospital School of Medicine held a silent picket in protest against the understanding of the state of the major’s work in the main hospital building, while the government announced a strong response to a major’s strike. [뉴스1]

On the morning of the 31st at the Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, 79 professors from the Kyungpook National University medical school held a picket demonstration, wearing black masks, against the department’s elders poll. On their pickets, phrases like ‘Four evil laws pushing against the crown city’, ‘Revocation of a major’s license issued in a daily strike’, ‘Health insurance like blood, unclear medicinal herb benefits’ and’ Selfish local public medical colleges with excessive blood taxes. ‘ It was written on it. These teachers were found to have prepared a picket demonstration at 11 a.m., when two officials from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare visited Kyungpook National University Hospital with an official from the Health Insurance Evaluation and Review Service to understand the conditions of work of his elders.

An official from Kyungpook National University Hospital explained: “The professors who participated in the picket rally did not give annual lectures as professors who had no medical treatment at the time.” Yeungnam University Hospital also held a demonstration in the afternoon that afternoon in line with the time that Ministry of Health and Welfare officials were looking for.

On the morning of the 31st, 79 professors from the Kyungpook National University Hospital School of Medicine held a silent demonstration in the main building of this hospital against the understanding of the major’s work status. [연합뉴스]

That day, at the entrance to the emergency room of the Ulsan University Hospital, there was a notice that said that “Corona 19 and the strike of the elder on 21 of the past will limit part of the treatment in the emergency medical center in the area. In the guide, the hospital indicates that ▶ the order of treatment for seriously ill patients is prioritized, not the order of reception. ▶ For all arrivals (patients are transferred to hospital), prior application and acceptance is possible, and only confirmed patients can be treated.

According to the Ulsan University Hospital, before the strike, a teacher, 8-10 people in specialties, and nurses worked in the ER, but now two teachers take turns filling the medical void while senior doctors participated in the strike. As of 31, it was discovered that 105 people with specializations at Ulsan University Hospital and 9 full-time employees had joined the strike. The 18 people from Andong Medical Center, the only hospital run by Corona 19 in Gyeongbuk, also participated in the group break. In the case of the Andong Medical Center emergency room, it is known that there is no interruption in treatment due to the low dependence on the elderly, such as the specialists in charge of treatment.

In six major hospitals in Daejeon, 472 out of 507 people in major hospitals (93.1%) joined the strike. It’s an increase of 40 people from 432 the day before. Despite massive strikes by leading doctors, problems such as delays in treatment were found to have not occurred in emergency medical centers and intensive care units. In Chungnam, 112 out of 148 people (75.7%) from the specialties at five hospitals, excluding Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, whose status is not counted among the six hospitals (including three medical centers) are on strike. Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, where 119 doctors work, is being inspected on-site by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the scale of the strike has not been confirmed. A Chungnam-do official said: “Medical treatment and examination are normally carried out in emergency rooms and screening clinics.”

In the Busan area, 720 (79%) of 913 students in all majors participated in the group license. Although the number of participants decreased from 770 to 28, the workload is increasing, mainly in the main university hospitals. At the Pusan ​​National University Hospital, 200 out of 240 people in the main and 38 out of 43 full-time people participated in the strike. An official from Pusan ​​National University Hospital said: “Excluding essential staff in the emergency room and screening clinic, all other doctors participated in the strike.” She said: “An average of 100 surgeries were performed per day, but after the stroke of the major, it was reduced to 50 per day. It can cause great harm to patients who regularly administer anticancer drugs, including acute patients.”

Daejeon, Busan, Jeonju, Gwangju, Daegu = Reporters Shin Jin-ho, Lee Eun-ji, Kim Jun-hee, Jin Chang-il, and Paik Kyung-seo [email protected]