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day before yesterday (16th), 22 people died in Korea due to Corona 19.

It was the first time that there were more than 20 people a day, and it was the first time that a person in their 60s who was confirmed confirmed in Seoul died waiting at home for four days without being hospitalized.

Coughing worsened and blood sputum came out, so I asked for an emergency bed twice, but it turned out that I couldn't be hospitalized until the end.



This is Yoo Su-hwan.



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man in his 60s who died on the 15th in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul was confirmed on the 12th, four days before his death.



Men were diagnosed with diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart failure, but they were classified as asymptomatic because they had no symptoms other than a sore throat.



Two days later, hospital beds were not assigned, and the wait at home continued. On the morning of the 14th, blood sputum suddenly came out and coughing worsened, so I contacted the health center.



The public health center requested'emergency bed assignment' to the city of Seoul twice in the morning and afternoon on the same day.



However, no action was taken, and the next morning, on the morning of the 15th, an paramedic dispatched to report his wife found a man hiding in the house.



[Dongdaemun-gu Office official: Even though we requested again (beds) from Seoul twice, it is because there were no beds, but because they were not assigned...

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Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it would inspect and reinforce the system, saying that after the number of confirmed patients exploded in December, the administrative system became overloaded, and there was a difficulty in allocating beds afterwards.



However, there were also problems in the initial response to the underlying disease.



According to the quarantine authorities' guidelines for bed placement, confirmed patients in their 60s or older who suffer from diabetes and heart failure, such as a man who died, must be admitted to a dedicated hospital.



However, it is pointed out that the quarantine authorities classified men as asymptomatic, and that the assignment of beds was lowered to the next ranking.



The quarantine authorities said they would check the delay in the assignment of beds.