Korean S. Hong (Korean name Hong Soon-hyung), the head of the organization of the National Nurses Association of the United States (NNU), said on the 3rd of the local time, "The American Corona 19 medical system is at a level of collapse." It.

"When nurses are exposed to Corona 19, they need to be quarantined and protected for two weeks, but this is not being done," Hong said.

NNU is the largest nurse union in the United States, with 150,000 nurses from 210 hospitals and is leading protest protests by nurses calling for resolution of medical equipment shortages in the wake of the spread of Corona19.

Hong said the lack of masks and diagnostic kits, and in New York, police and ambulance emergency personnel and firefighters who went to hospitals are accused of becoming infected with Corona19.

He cited the United States' 'Just In Time' system as a cause of the lack of medical equipment.

Just In Time is a product management method that minimizes inventory as much as possible to reduce costs.

This means that large hospitals should keep their inventory of medical equipment at an appropriate level with the crisis in mind, such as the spread of infectious diseases.

"U.S. hospitals have maintained a system for ordering and disposing of medical supplies in order to save money," he said.

Hong's chief of the organization also noted that the US media was well aware of the corona19 diagnosis as a response to South Korea, but stressed that it is more important not only to diagnose, but also to actively isolate infected people.

"It is necessary to follow the steps to isolate patients by using empty university dormitories, hotels, and convention centers," he said. "If this is not done, various closure measures such as the ban on home may become useless."

Hong's chief of organization also criticized large hospitals and the federal government for its ability to respond to Corona19.

"The large hospitals aren't protecting nurses, so masks aren't being given to nurses in the intensive care unit, emergency room, or even the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)," he said.

He said, "The distribution of medical equipment to the Corona 19 epicenter and the next proliferation area is done with Jung-gu heating." The federal government is not showing proper coordination. "

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