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The biggest problem right now is that the number of critically ill patients is increasing rapidly than the government expected, and the beds that can treat these critically ill patients have already reached the bottom. The number of patients waiting in the hospital bed is approaching 1,000. What's more worrisome is that there's no tangible workaround right now.



Correspondent Kim Ki-tae.



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Park Mo, 65, was diagnosed with COVID-19 two days ago.



I was informed that I would be hospitalized if there was no guardian living with me because I was old, and that was the end.



[65-year-old confirmed hospital bed waiting: Every place I call does not answer, I am on a call, and I cannot answer the phone. I shouted Teacher, I look like I'm going to die right now, but I keep asking how I'm doing my phone calls, so please fix it... .]



But the only answer was to wait.



[65-year-old confirmed hospital bed waiter: I only have kimchi right now, so I was wondering if I should go out and buy some tofu. Then I couldn't go. My daughter said soy milk and tofu, so I left it in front of the door yesterday.] He



said he didn't even receive a home treatment kit such as a thermometer and oxygen saturation machine to check the patient's condition.



[65-year-old confirmed bed waiter: My daughter bought a thermometer yesterday, so the thermometer is now in stock, and there is no oxygen saturation machine.]



As of 00:00 yesterday, there were 2,256 people waiting for bed assignment, and those who waited more than a day until the afternoon The number increased by 162 to 940 in one day.



If they are classified as hospitalized, they are excluded from home treatment, making it difficult to deal with emergency situations.



A government quarantine advisory member said that he had to live with his gums instead of this until the middle of next month.



According to the previous executive order, tertiary hospitals and general hospitals are preparing additional beds.



Until then, there is an urgent need to slow the rate of increase in the number of people aged 60 years and older with severe gastritis.