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Today (31st), the number of new corona cases is expected to decrease from yesterday to around 320,000.
It looks like it's going through the peak.
Since yesterday, the government has made it possible to receive face-to-face treatment at local hospitals even for confirmed cases in quarantine, but the problem is that hospitals are not participating.
Reporter Park Jae-hyun covered the reason.
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An orthopedic hospital in Seoul.
Corona patients applied for participation when they could be treated together with general patients.
There were only 280 medical institutions nationwide where corona patients could receive face-to-face treatment for other diseases.
Even though he was seriously injured or sick, it was difficult to receive treatment because he was a corona patient.
[Jun-han Kim / Director of The Born Hospital: In fact, if a hospital dedicated to corona doesn't accept fractures, there is nothing you can do about patients with fractures at home.
For face-to-face treatment, simple first aid or…
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In this place, the old building was divided into normal patients and the new building was divided into confirmed patients, and it was decided to separate the time for treatment.
Only 89 hospitals and clinics applied for face-to-face treatment on the first day of application.
When reporters separately inquired about 20 hospitals across the country, most of them hesitated to apply.
There were many places that did not receive guidance on how to apply or guidelines, and it was burdensome to open all medical subjects to corona patients.
[Hospital official: The patients who were there will not come out.
They won't come.]
Ordinary patients are concerned about infection.
[Neighborhood clinic outpatient patients: Because they are weak, the elderly (I am concerned.)
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The government has announced that it will review the transition to the current home treatment system if face-to-face treatment for confirmed patients is activated.