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Last year, we told the story of a severely disabled person who had to stay at home because there was no hospital bed after being diagnosed with Corona.

After that, the government set up a dedicated hospital bed for them, but when I checked again, these beds disappeared last month.



Reporter Kim Deok-hyun covered what happened.



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Kwon Mo, 49, who is a first-class muscle disorder, was confirmed with Corona 19 two days ago.



Kwon was assigned to a general ward at a nursing hospital.




In a situation where it was difficult to even eat without someone's help because I could not even move my hands, I requested separate support from the local government and hospital, but only answered that it was difficult.



[Mr. Kwon Mo/Severely handicapped confirmed person: They can't do anything. I've been here for a few days and I can't wash my face, I can't brush my teeth, and I can't do it at all.]



Last January, like Mr. Kwon, the government set up a dedicated hospital bed for the severely disabled who were infected with Corona 19.



This action was taken after reports of having to stay at home without being able to be admitted to the hospital due to lack of caregivers.



But last month, these beds suddenly disappeared.



[Jeong Tae-geun/President of Korea Muscular Disability Association: I was thinking, 'You can go to the National Rehabilitation Center,' but they said that it has not been operating since the beginning of July.]



Mr. Kwon is fighting the pain alone every night.



[Mr. Kwon / Person with severe disability: I have to change my position once an hour. I can't sleep. I'm just sick. It hurts so much that I scream and no one responds. I feel neglected in the middle of the night.] As



SBS coverage began, the health authorities said that they had temporarily suspended the operation of a dedicated bed for the disabled as the epidemic had subsided, and announced that they would start a dedicated bed right away next week.



Careful quarantine measures are needed so that there is no 'corona blind spot' in the 4th pandemic.



(Video coverage: Jang Yoon-seok, video editing: Yoon Tae-ho, VJ: Oh Se-gwan)      



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