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Nursing hospitals and facilities that care for high-risk groups are the most affected.
Three out of ten people who have recently died from the coronavirus have come out of related facilities, and medical staff working here even said that the government is neglecting them.
Reporter Park Jae-hyeon covered the scene.
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83-year-old Jung Yong-gil, who lived in a nursing home in North Chungcheong Province.
On the 11th of last month, there were 11 confirmed cases here.
Health authorities classified the confirmed cases as mild and sent them to a nearby convalescent hospital dedicated to infectious diseases.
However, Jung, who said it was okay, died after 9 days.
[Jung Hong-gu / Son of the deceased: I took him home, but I checked out a few (general) hospitals.
He should have taken him there, but he didn't do anything as a child.
I haven't done anything.
That's the end of it.] The
bereaved family claimed that there was no operating room and the hospital facilities were poor.
The situation is similar for other convalescent hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases.
[A person from a nursing hospital dedicated to infectious diseases: It is difficult for us to have (at the general hospital level) with medical staff and equipment...
(If it gets worse) Send everyone to a tertiary hospital right away.]
Most of the places have changed from general nursing hospitals, so it is difficult to expect serious treatment.
However, you don't have many options other than here.
General nursing facilities are already unable to control infection.
Employees are returning to work in a confirmed state.
[Family of nursing home staff: I got Corona and I am commuting (from the next day).
Even though I have a sore throat and cough, if I only go back and forth between home and the nursing home, that's called cohort isolation.] I'm
busy transporting patients to a dedicated nursing hospital.
[Nursing hospital staff: I'm wandering around (the nursing hospital).
You can wander around and come back.
(Government group) They say you are responsible if you get infected.]
Persons in nursing hospitals and facilities ask the government.
[Nursing Hospital Nurse: Did you really do your best?
I really want to ask about that.]
(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa · Park Jin-ho, video editing: Won-yang)
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