The sale of masks has begun, but major university hospitals still suffer from a lack of masks.

Some university hospitals say it's hard to get past this weekend with current inventories.

Some surgical masks also use copper or cotton masks.

According to the medical community, Samsung Seoul Hospital, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul Asan Hospital, and Severance Hospital (in alphabetical order) all suffer from lack of masks.

Currently, the Korea Hospital Association receives approximately 667,000 masks per day from the Public Procurement Service and supplies them to each hospital.

Hospitals are assigned masks based on the number of workers and the size of their beds.

Clinic-level medical institutions are provided by the Korean Medical Association.

As the shortage of masks worsens, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital is considering wearing a mask in the operating room.

Usually, the operating room wears a disposable surgical mask that is strapped behind the head, rather than a dental mask that is worn on the ear, because it is not currently available.

If the operating room itself is clean and safe, you can wear a cotton mask, but it shows that the supply of masks is not smooth throughout the hospital.

First, the medical staff decided to use a disposable string mask to 'love' it.

Song Gyo-young, a professor of surgery at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, said, "After changing to a public sale of masks, the supply of masks was restricted to all hospitals. Professors will be wearing masks in the operating room next week. ”

Professor Song said, "The cotton mask used for the surgical room can be reused because it is not taken out of the operating room, but I am concerned that this situation will occur outside the operating room." Is there. "

Currently, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital has exhausted the amount of masks stored.

The KF94 mask is not in stock at all.

Samsung Medical Center is currently having a hard time holding up this week based on its inventory.

Samsung Medical Center said to employees, "Mask supply and demand has been reduced by 70%, making it difficult to pass this weekend."

5-7 sheets per week for medical staff and 2-3 sheets per week for non-medical staff.

The distribution of masks, which were provided free of charge by doors and shuttle buses, also ceased.

Seoul National University Hospital endures every day with the masks distributed by the National Medical Cooperatives.

Due to the shortage of masks, we do not provide masks to employees who do not face patients.

An official from the Seoul National University Hospital said, "Original masks have 2-4 weeks of inventory, but they are barely standing because they have recently been given public masks."

Severance Hospital is also out of stock.

An official from Severance Hospital said, "We are currently holding up with the volume from the Korea Medical Cooperatives, but only 3 to 4 days of dental masks and surgical masks remain."

(Photo: provided by Professor Kyo Young Song, Yonhap News)