In the case of being admitted to Seoul Paik Hospital while hiding in Daegu, he stressed that the government will take strong measures against the patient's false statement regarding the case of coronavirus infection-19 (corona 19).

The government has also said it will use administrative power against hospitals that refuse to treat patients simply because they are residents of Daegu.

Kim Kang-rip, the 1st General Coordinator for the Central Disaster and Safety Measures Division (Vice Minister of Health and Welfare) said in a regular briefing at the Sejong Government Complex today ("If you don't tell the exact facts when you speak to a medical person in a disaster, you can impose a fine of up to 10 million won. "The Paik Hospital is taking legal action (for confirmed patients)," he said.

Kim said, “If this patient had been properly speaking from the beginning, he would have been able to treat the hospital without taking measures to close a significant amount of space for the time being.”

In Seoul Paik Hospital, a 78-year-old female patient who was hospitalized yesterday was confirmed as coronavirus infection-19 (corona 19) and closed some wards such as outpatient and emergency departments.

The Paik Hospital has confirmed the visit to Daegu several times during the hospital stay, but said he denied it.

The patient insisted that she visited her mother's hospital but did not see her because she was from Daegu.

General coordinator Kim said, "There are aspects that patients who are managed as infectious disease management areas are difficult to receive properly and are not received by medical institutions." I will mobilize to prevent such an action. "

He reiterated that in the long-term corona, the right to care for seriously ill patients must be secured and the institution must be properly protected.

Mr. Kim said, “We need to harmonize the two values ​​that guarantee treatment opportunities to patients in Daegu with diseases other than Corona19 and thoroughly protect medical institutions from infectious diseases.” I'll try. "

"It is impossible to achieve two values ​​through punishment or after-sale sanctions," he said. "If people understand it thoroughly, medical institutions will be able to block the damage by creating a separate space (such as an asylum)." Explained.

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