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There have been over 10,000 people in Korea. It is only 74 days since the first patient came out. Although the increase in patients has been steep since mid-February due to a group infection in Sincheonji, the growth has slowed down a lot while practicing a strong social distance, including postponing the opening of elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide. However, there are still sporadic infections in the metropolitan area, and there is an increasing number of overseas inflows. Among these, today (3rd), the first fatality among medical workers has emerged. After treating a confirmed patient as a physician in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, he also became infected and died 15 days after the diagnosis.

Reporter Nam Joo-hyun.

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A 59-year-old physician who was treated at Kyungpook National University Hospital died this morning.

The fatality of running a private hospital in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, was exposed to corona19 during medical treatment at the end of February, when the number of confirmed patients in Daegu and Gyeongbuk began to surge.

On February 26th and 29th, 2 patients who were confirmed as confirmed later were treated.

After that, the doctor himself was confirmed on the 19th of last month, and pneumonia worsened, and he was treated with Ekmo, an artificial cardiopulmonary device, and died after 15 days of confirmation.

[Jung Eun-Kyung / Director of Disease Management: It is currently considered to be a corona19-related death because it is said to have been treated for myocardial infarction during the course of treating pneumonia.]

Even though he wore a mask at the time of the treatment, medical acquaintances were sorry for the infection, saying that it would be due to a thorough treatment method.

[Park Jong-wan / Chairman of Gyeongsan-si: Many clinics did not see patients with colds. (Corona 19) Because it was a very popular time. I do n’t care about that because I think of patients who come to believe… .]

If you have a fever or respiratory symptoms, you should always go to a medical institution that has a screening clinic to prevent corona19 exposure and minimize medical gaps.

(Video coverage: Kang Dong-cheol, video editing: So Ji-hye)