▲ Gil Hospital Heart Transplant Patient Containment Room


In order not to miss the Golden Time, the flexibility of the hospital and KORAIL has saved precious lives.

Today (8th), Gil Hospital, Gachon University, said that the departure time of KTX, which was delayed by 2 minutes, has successfully helped patients with heart disease for 8 years.

The main character of the story was a 41-year-old patient with end-stage heart failure who was being treated at Gil Hospital, and a heart transplant was decided on the 3rd.

But the next day, on the 4th, at 8:30 pm, in the process of cardiac extraction of donors at the mother hospital in Jeollanam-do, the extraction time was delayed more than expected, and the situation that the firefighter helicopter, which decided to load the heart, could not stand due to strong winds overlapped.

The medical staff immediately decided to move the organ using an ambulance and KTX, but on the day, KTX, the fastest bus from the Gwangju Songjeong Station near the hospital, departed at 9:00 pm and the next train had to wait at least 1 hour and 30 minutes.

The medical staff made the last hope when the golden time until transplantation was tight. I asked KORAIL to help KTX delay the departure time by 10 minutes. After hearing the urgent situation, the KORAIL side arranged a station attendant from the station square to the platform to help speed up long-term transportation.

When it was past 2 minutes past 9 pm, the donor's heart arrived at the station earlier than expected. The 12-hour operation was safely completed at the Incheon Gil Hospital, which arrived around 11 PM by a quick ride on an ambulance with KTX.

The netizens who heard the story praised the excellent judgment of the medical staff, and the consideration of KORAIL and the citizens, and responded, such as, "It was a precious two minutes," "It was a great time," and "There is nothing more precious than life."

Gil Hospital's medical staff also expressed their appreciation, "Thanks to the many passengers who had to wait for the departure of the train and the KORAIL that helped save lives."

This is 'News Pick'.

(Photo = Gachon University Gil Hospital)