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Another record for the most unwelcome. More than 1,500 patients waited for more than a day at the hospital bed. We're squeezing beds, but the number of patients is growing faster.



Next is reporter Jang Se-man.



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Chungnam National University Hospital, there are 6 beds for critically ill patients in the Sejong area.



However, since four days ago, there is not even a single empty bed.



New critically ill patients must seek out-of-town hospitals.



In the Gyeongbuk area, all three intensive care beds were full.



According to the national standard, the utilization rate of intensive care beds is 79% and more than 20%, but voices in the field are different.



Even if there are empty beds in the count, considering the vacancy caused by patient admission and discharge, in reality, it is already saturated.



Because of this, as of 5 pm yesterday (10th), the number of people waiting for more than a day for hospital bed assignment exceeded 1,500 in the metropolitan area.



This is an all-time high.



The number of people on the waiting list the day before was 1,258, which is an increase of 250 people in one day.



The number of patients who died while waiting for hospitalization last week also jumped to 10.



The government ordered the securing of more than 5,000 beds at frontline general hospitals through the fourth executive order yesterday, but this is a measure limited to non-metropolitan areas where there is still room.



Another problem is that even if hospital beds are secured, they cannot keep pace with the number of patients.



In the meantime, the number of critically ill beds nationwide increased by 144 through three orders to secure beds, but the number of critically ill patients increased during the same period to 449, more than three times the number of additionally secured beds.



[Lee Ki-il / Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters 1st Controller: (According to administrative order) Additional beds are being expanded now.

But unfortunately, (the word) that is more difficult to face because the patient is increased (faster) than the speed of beds caused]



first aid response for a risk management center of the long-distance conveyance short of a metropolitan hospital beds are patient transport entails in Chungcheong and local Competence checks are also urgently needed.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, video editing: Hwang Ji-young)