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A man in her 70s who died in Daegu yesterday (27th) was waiting for her at home because she didn't have a ward after being confirmed. Now that medical facilities are still scarce and the total number of patients is over 2,300, it is time to establish criteria to determine which patients are more serious and need to be treated first.

This issue was reported by Kim Hyung-rae.

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The government repeatedly apologized for the death of a patient waiting to be hospitalized.

[Kim Kang-rip, Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare: I feel sorry and sorry for not being able to proceed with hospitalization in a timely manner.]

The Daegu Medical Council decided to check the status daily by phone for the medical checkups in the area waiting to be admitted as soon as possible.

However, the lack of corona19 classification for severe patients is a limitation of patient management.

The government is also aware of these issues and has begun to develop serious patient classification criteria.

Scores are based on five key indicators: pulse, systolic blood pressure, respiratory rate, body temperature, and consciousness level, and then respond to the patient's condition by dividing it into four stages, from mild to severe.

He also said he is discussing with the experts how to change the treatment policy for home quarantine treatment for mildly ill patients.

[Kwon, Jun-wook / Head of the National Institute of Health: We will select and proceed according to rational standards so that medical institutions can be properly used and medical institutions can operate.]

The problem is that it is not easy to distinguish between severe and mild based on data that quantifies the indicators.

[Professor of the Department of Microbiology, Paik Soon-Young / Catholic Medical School: Even if all the criteria are met, there may be patients who are seriously ill, so it is urgent to expand doctors who can make judgments.]

This is the reason why the number of patients is rapidly increasing and the severity classification guideline and the expansion of medical personnel are urgently needed.

(Video coverage: Kim Min-chul, Video editing: Kim Jong-tae)