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a hospital dedicated to Corona, a confirmed person made a fuss about smoking. This behavior occurs repeatedly during quarantine, but there is no response guideline, so quarantine hospitals are on their own.
This is KBC reporter Kim Jae-hyun.
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A nursing hospital in Gwangju on a dark night.
A man in his 20s with tattoos all over his body hangs precariously from the balcony railing on the fourth floor.
Fire and rescue workers who were dispatched after receiving the report urgently install air mats and persuade the man with hospital officials.
[Hospitalized patient: (Come up.) No. (Then what are you going to do?) To jump off. Please call the nurse earlier. The nurse cut off the phone with my belongings.] As the
man continued to smoke despite the medical staff's continuous smoking cessation orders, the nurse collected the cigarettes, and they threw themselves into a commotion asking for it back.
An arrest warrant was issued for this man on charges of special theft, but he was confirmed to have COVID-19 and was hospitalized for 10 days.
However, during the hospitalization period, he made a habit of smoking, destroying property, and ordering food for delivery.
Due to concerns about infection, there was no point in reporting it to the police.
[Choi Joong-ho / General Management Director of Hearim Nursing Hospital: The police force and firefighting force are also said to have occurred in situations where it was not possible to suppress close proximity because of the Corona virus.]
As such, the manual for responding to emergencies is not properly prepared, so the Corona 19 quarantine hospital just wants to pass day by day without any problems, but that is all it is.
[Gwangju Metropolitan City officials: It is difficult to choose such people.
There is no quarantine facility for such people.]