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As the problem of bed shortage has become a reality due to the rapid increase in confirmed corona 19 cases, Seoul is installing temporary container-type rooms.
According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on the 9th, at 0 o’clock on this day, the number of corona19 confirmed in Seoul is 10,932, an increase of 270 from the previous day. 3,610 people are currently being quarantined and treated, and 7,217 have been cured and discharged. The number of new confirmed cases per day is around 200 for a week and remains in triple digits for 21 consecutive days.
Hospital beds are also absolutely rare. The day before, the infectious disease hospital bed operation rate in the metropolitan area was 75.4% and in Seoul it was 81.2%. Of the 62 specialized treatment beds for seriously ill patients in Seoul, only six can be used.
The utilization rate of life treatment centers in Seoul is 58.3%. There are 9 life treatment centers, 1,130 of the 1937 beds in total and 470 are available immediately.
Consequently, the city of Seoul began to secure the beds by creating temporary rooms in the form of containers. A Seoul city official said: “We are requesting the installation of a life treatment center for each autonomous district.”
The city of Seoul is installing 150 mobile beds at the inactive site of a municipal hospital. Seoul Medical Center also plans to install 48 beds by the 10th.
Song Eun-cheol, head of the Seoul Infectious Disease Control Division, noted that there is a risk of infection because the container beds are not separated from the public, explaining: “A barrier was installed and the movement lines of the nurseries nearby and the hospital staff are completely separated. “
Manager Song added, “In addition, access by outsiders is blocked by cooperating with blocking devices, CCTV and the police.” “Currently, we are consulting with infection control experts for safe operation and quarantine measures in mobile beds.”
As of the day before, there were 125 confirmed cases in Seoul awaiting hospitalization. There were many cases where the hospitals or life treatment centers were not prepared because they were confirmed in the late afternoon, and most of the confirmed cases were transferred to bed in the morning, explained the city of Seoul.
In response to some claims that the toilets are not installed correctly in the temporary beds, a Seoul city official said: “It is incorrect to say that there are no toilets”, but “it is true that the facilities are poor.” He added: “It is literally a temporary bed, and please understand that it is an urgent and unavoidable situation where you have to use temporary beds.”
There are also voices that say that the exhibition halls such as the gym, the COEX, the DDP, the hotels, etc. they should be turned into rooms. However, the poem is in a position not to consider this yet. A Seoul official said, “We are currently preparing container beds” and “I will think about the gymnasium and exhibition halls while observing the trend after creating the self-contained life treatment center.” He mentioned that he would keep thinking about the place.
However, Seoul drew a line on introducing (self) treatment at home. Another Seoul Metropolitan Government official explained: “Basically, the city does not want to introduce home treatment and is prioritizing bed safety as much as possible.” “This is to secure the temporary beds in containers.”
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