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utilization rate of critically ill beds in the metropolitan area exceeded 80%. The situation is similar for other beds, so the government has decided to increase home treatment for asymptomatic or mild patients.



If so, reporter Kim Deok-hyeon listened to the patients' stories to see if home treatment was going well.



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is a hospital in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, a home treatment management organization.



Calls to check the condition of patients staying at home are incessant.



[How about some symptoms or something like this? Do you still have enough medicine?]



11 dedicated medical staff check the body temperature and oxygen saturation recorded by patients on the app twice in the morning and in the afternoon.



A man in his 40s completed home treatment with his two children, aged 8 and 4, last month.



[Mr. A / Male in his 40s (home treatment completed): I thought that (home treatment) would be better because I have babies. The teacher sees the babies together (via video) and I also report it, so there is more intimacy than the phone call… .]



Woman B in her 70s received home treatment for 10 days until the 4th.



It was said that it was inconvenient to not be provided with relief items such as convenience food because it was not self-quarantine.



[Mr B/woman in her 70s (completed home treatment): They say 'I can't go out from this time today' so I don't even have a bag of ramen at home, but my generation isn't used to ordering something like this... .]



In the past month, of the 298 home treatment patients managed by a hospital in Seoul, 6.7% were transferred to the hospital.



There were no emergencies, including a sharp worsening of symptoms.



Only 1% of home-treated patients were estimated to be infected by a family member living with them.



As the principle of at-home treatment is changed to the case of corona confirmed, the number of home-treated patients nationwide has increased more than 4 times compared to a month ago, to 16,000.



It is argued that more severe management is needed to prevent worsening of the condition.



[Yeomhogi / Medical Association Corona 19 measures specializes Chair: There is a danger to the patient's health can be caused mothayeo whether the oxygen saturation, the symptoms of high-risk underlying disease alone fever check worse early -



government life support costs to a week home treatment subjects In addition, we plan to present additional support measures.



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