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Recently, as the number of people who are diagnosed as being confirmed while staying in nursing hospitals has increased, the government has designated a nursing hospital dedicated to infectious diseases as a solution.
Among those confirmed in nursing hospitals, patients with no symptoms or symptoms will be transferred to a dedicated hospital for treatment.
The purpose is good, but there are tasks that must be solved.
Reporter Park Soo-jin covered the scene.
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first time, I try on quarantine clothing and receive training on infection caution.
Originally a nursing hospital centered on cancer patients, it was recently designated as a nursing hospital dedicated to infectious diseases.
Along with the designation of a dedicated hospital, more than 30 people, including nurses and nursing care workers, were assigned, all of which were dispatched by the government, not the hospital staff.
Most of the existing medical staff left here for reasons such as corona anxiety.
[Dedicated nursing hospital volunteer nurse: With the designation as a corona-dedicated hospital, all of our employees are leaving the company.
Because I have a lot of experience caring for such (elderly) patients (I volunteered)]
So far, 11 places have been designated by the government as dedicated nursing hospitals, but only 4 have started normal operation.
A municipal nursing hospital in Gangnam, Seoul.
As soon as it was announced that it was designated as a dedicated nursing hospital, the patient guardians opposed it.
[Patient Guardian: (Our hospital) There are no confirmed cases, and management is well underway.
Of course, we want to be withdrawn (dedicated hospital designation).]
Local residents are also requesting withdrawal of designation.
The hospital's position is that it will be difficult to switch to a dedicated hospital if opposition continues.
This dedicated hospital in Incheon has a so-called Silver Town and a nursing hospital where healthy elderly people reside in one building.
[Silvertown user guardian: Elevators are used by corona patients, and Silvertown patients walk down.
Because of the corona, (family members) haven't been able to visit for a few months, but to attract corona patients there...
.]
Although there are a lot of tasks to be solved, the government said that there were no major problems in cooperation with hospitals, saying that nursing hospitals with empty beds are applying for designation.
However, the Association of Nursing Hospitals told the health authorities that there is a lot to be solved with the government, and that it is not just trying to increase the number of dedicated hospitals.
(Video coverage: Yoohyuk Yoo and Park Hyeon-cheol, video editing: Park Ki-deok, CG: Kang Yun-jeong)
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