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number of additional coronavirus cases has risen to 7,000 again. The number of patients with severe severe cases also exceeded 1,000, the highest ever. As the number of patients increases, there are not enough beds, and the situation in which you cannot go to the hospital even if you are sick is already becoming a reality in many places. So, in principle, the government limited the period that a person can be in the intensive care unit to 20 days in order to secure more beds. It has been confirmed that the



This is the exclusive report by Cho Dong-chan, a medical professional reporter.



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This is an order sent by the head of the Central Accident Remediation Headquarters, that is, Minister of Health and Welfare Kwon Deok-cheol to a corona confirmed patient who has been in the intensive care unit for more than 20 days.



He emphasized that if he does not move to a general ward, he will have to pay the treatment fee, which was free until now, and may be fined up to 1 million won for negligence.



The order was sent to more than 210 people.



A powerful card was taken out to streamline the operation of the intensive care unit.



Last week, 40% or 400 of the 1,000 or so critically ill patients were admitted to the intensive care unit for more than 20 days in violation of the government guidelines, because 210 people thought they no longer needed intensive care.



At Asan Medical Center in Seoul, 15 out of 50 critically ill patients exceeded 20 days, and 7 patients received extension approval because they needed more critically intensive care, but the remaining 8 patients were all decided to go to general hospitals.



But in reality, not even one was sent.



[Seoul Asan Hospital official: Medical staff persuade patients, but most (to the general ward) are expressing this intention not to go.

The hospital that is treating you now wants to continue receiving treatment in succession.] It



is difficult to find a hospital dedicated to Corona that will accept patients.



[Kim Seong-han / Director of Infection Control Center, Asan Hospital, Seoul: If we actually call the 20 places we just did (dedicated hospital), they say that these patients will not be accepted.

These people can't go out anymore because they don't have beds and the executive order goes.]



Specialized hospitals are also complaining.



[Yoo In-sang / Director of Gimpo New Korea Hospital (Coronavirus exclusive hospital): (Critical patients over 20 days) are said to have no infectiousness, but about the medical staff, we also need to strengthen the quarantine in some areas, so if possible, 3 types (simple) I am trying to induce hospitalization in this way with the concept of a safety ward wearing four types of protective gear.] An



official from the quarantine authorities said that they were aware of the confusion at the beginning of the implementation, and said that they would find a supplementary point instead of imposing a fine on patients who refused to all.



(Video editing: Kim Jun-hee, CG: Kim Jong-un·Choi Jae-young)



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