<Anchor> As the



number of patients continues to increase, the life treatment center is almost full.

The medical staff who are getting tired of fighting the corona are also worried, but today (21st), a senior hospital in Incheon decided to switch to a corona19 critical patient base hospital for the first time.



This content was reported by medical reporter Cho Dong-chan.



<Reporter> The



life treatment center in Gyeonggi-do, confirmed patients are being transferred one after another.



There are 100 people in the capacity of 250 people, so there are plenty of beds, but the problem is that the medical staff is insufficient.



Four doctors and 15 nurses take turns to monitor the patient's condition for 24 hours.



[Lee Seung-jae/Professor of Infectious Medicine at Soonchunhyang University Hospital: I now take a break once a week, then work from morning to evening, and then I usually answer the phone in the evening...

.]



There is also a shortage of people operating to manage the facility.



[Jeong Hee-ja/Nurse of Soonchunhyang University Hospital: It seems that not only the medical support group but also the general support team and the quarantine support team have a little more manpower.

The environment is also a little difficult, and the manpower part is particularly (lacking)] In



particular, the tightest bed conditions with the recent rapid increase in the number of critically ill patients are the biggest difficulties of this life treatment center.



[Lee Hae-kyung/Professor of Nephrology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital: Do you have pneumonia enough to require hospital treatment?

These people need to be powered.

However, in fact, the number of beds is tight, and the number of vehicles operated by 119 these days is very tight.] The



quarantine authorities said that 41 severely ill patients and 10 semi-critical patients remained.



In the midst of this, a senior hospital in Incheon is planning to convert into a corona19 critically ill hospital for the first time.



It was decided to convert one intensive care unit to COVID-19 exclusive use to provide about 30 intensive care beds, which will create a corona 19 intensive care unit similar in size to the National Medical Center.



An official from the quarantine authorities said that in addition to securing critically ill beds, there is a need to hurry to secure general beds where recovered critically ill patients can move quickly.



(Video coverage: Yoohyuk Yoo, video editing: Kim Hojin)  



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