In the accident in Itaewon, downtown Seoul, South Korea, where 156 people died, not only bereaved families and injured people, but also witnesses at the scene complained of poor physical condition due to psychological shock. increasing.
President Yoon Sung-ryeol has instructed to improve mental care for these people.
In the Itaewon accident, people were said to be 10 people per square meter, and many people lost consciousness at the scene. I did.
KBS, a public broadcaster, told stories of young people who took life-saving measures at the time, and one of them, a graduate student, said, ``When I hear the siren, my hands and feet go numb and I get dizzy. I complained that it was bad.
In addition, among those who watched the video of the accident on social media, some of them became ill due to the psychological shock.
In response to this, President Yoon Sung-ryeol ordered executives of the presidential office on the 3rd to improve psychological care for those who complained of poor physical condition due to the psychological shock caused by the accident, mainly at national medical institutions. I instructed
The Korean government plans to further strengthen the support system for the bereaved families of those who died in this accident and those who were injured.