The government issued an administrative order to secure the first beds for senior hospitals and national university hospitals as the critically ill beds became scarce due to the spread of the corona 19'third pandemic'.
According to the medical community and local governments, the Central Accident Recovery Headquarters (heavy copy) sent an official letter to each local government yesterday (18th) entitled'Order to secure a dedicated treatment bed for severely ill patients with Corona 19'.
In an official statement, Jungsubon said, "As the number of corona19 confirmed nationwide has increased recently, securing beds capable of treating critically ill patients is an important situation." It.
Specifically, the heavy-duty hospital ordered to secure at least 1% of the number of beds approved by medical institutions for senior hospitals and 1% or more of the number of beds approved by National University Hospitals, respectively, to secure them as dedicated beds to treat severely ill patients.
According to the current'Act on the Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases', the head of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Mayor/Do Governor, or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu may mobilize facilities such as hospital beds during an infectious disease outbreak as one of the measures to prevent infectious diseases.
It is known that this is the first time since the Corona 19 incident in Korea, it has been ordered to mobilize beds to a private general hospital.
As more than 1,000 new confirmed cases poured out a day, the number of patients with severe gastric disorders increased rapidly, and it was interpreted as having even brought out a card called'Order to secure bed'.
Earlier, civic health and medical groups have insisted on an emergency order to resolve the shortage of beds.
According to this measure, at least 1% of the beds approved by the health authorities in major general hospitals called'Big 5'as well as about 40 advanced general hospitals must be secured as dedicated beds for severely ill patients.
The heavy water copy required each local government to inform the competent medical institution about the targets and support plans for securing a treatment bed for severely ill patients, and to prepare and submit a security plan for each medical institution.
An official from the quarantine authorities said, "Through the order to secure beds, we expect to be able to secure more than 300 dedicated treatment beds for severely ill patients." Said.
However, some criticize it as a measure that does not properly understand the situation in the medical field.
An official in the medical field pointed out, "The government has ordered almost the same demands for private general hospitals and national university hospitals. I don't know what difference is between at least 1% and 1% or more."
The official said, "Where do you want to go for cancer patients or critically ill patients with cardiovascular and brain diseases in an existing upper-level hospital?" More than 20%."