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previously told you about the corona vaccine.

In general hospitals, medical staff and workers are getting the vaccine, but'caregivers' who work long hours right next to patients are not eligible for vaccination.



This is why it is not an employee managed by the hospital, and reporter Kim Deok-Hyun reported.



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A woman in her 60s who has worked as a caregiver for over 10 years while visiting general hospitals in Seoul.



It is difficult to leave the patient's side, and when caring for severely ill patients, they stay there overnight.



Due to frequent contact with patients, I thought that I would be included in the vaccination with the general hospital workers, but the turn did not come back.



This is because it is not a hospital employee.



[General hospital caregiver: You are not employees, so it is.

Without a caregiver, I don't even send a patient to the intensive care unit.

It means that they are the people who really need it.

But in such a case, it falls out.]



Actually, the corona diagnostic test is received every three days according to the guidelines of the local government.



[General hospital caregiver: It’s scary that the patients will get infected.

If you're scared of that, isn't it a principle that you should also get a vaccine?

We also want to get out of that fear.] The



situation is similar in other major hospitals in Seoul, but he explains that it is difficult to manage it directly because the caregiver is not employed by the hospital.



It's like working in a hospital, but it's different from a full-time hospital employee or dispatched employee because it's a private business contracted individually with patients.



Some medical institutions offer the leftover vaccine to the caregiver, but it is very rare.



[Kim Ki-Nam / Vaccination Response Promotion Group Vaccination Management Team Leader: If there are people who cannot get vaccinated, other people working in the hospital can be included in addition to health care personnel.] The



health authorities said they would gradually increase the number of vaccination targets in the hospital

.

In this insufficient situation, it is unknown whether it will go as planned.



(Video editing: Min-gyu Jeon, VJ: So-young Shin)