[단독] “I lived 80% just by being transferred” The head of the nursing hospital who died 47

“The ○○○ patient is in bad condition. Please give me a quick bed assignment.”
It is said that Taewoo Kim (46), director of Bucheon Hyo Plus Nursing Hospital, which is evaluated as the worst case of’cohort (same group) quarantine’ damage, said the most to the health authorities. During his quarantine period, the only communication window he could complain about was a group social network service (SNS) chat room where public health center officials gathered. All of the patients were not easily achieved. Eventually, there were 47 cumulative deaths and 160 confirmed cases (based on 3 days) after cohort isolation in this nursing hospital. It is a nightmare that occurred for about 20 days after 6 nursing care workers were first confirmed on the 11th of last month.

On the 1st, Director Kim at his home in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, spoke to a reporter of the JoongAng Ilbo about “the accumulated resentment”. Director Kim said, “Inje, the confirmed person in the hospital was transferred to a dedicated hospital, and I can tell you everything.” Until now, Director Kim has been dismissing media interviews with the thought of focusing on treatment until the patient remains in the hospital. On the 31st of last month, the cohort quarantine for this hospital was automatically lifted as the eight confirmed patients (4 employees and 4 patients) remaining in the hospital were transferred to a hospital dedicated to Corona 19.

Director Kim pointed out the adverse effects of cohort containment. It is argued that cross-infection is bound to occur inside hospitals due to isolation, which blocks outward spread by blocking it with society. Director Kim said, “One floor of the building is used as a nursing hospital, but after isolation, the hospital divided its own wards to separate patients,” said Kim. There was absolutely no way to stop it.”

27 patients died while waiting for bed assignments. Director Kim said, “I heard news about the bed assignment in the media, but our patient was not assigned a bed. That way, the number of deaths continued to increase.” “Even if the beds were well allocated out of the 27 dead, more than 80% would have lived. I would have been able to live if I went to a big hospital on time, but this tragedy was caused by the lack of beds for severely ill patients… ”Sighed.

The cohort quarantined Hyoplus Nursing Hospital was a’abandoned island’. The remaining medical staff and staff said they had to take care of everything from meals to patient treatment. All that was supported was bottled water and Level D protective clothing. One employee who voluntarily remained in the hospital due to lack of manpower in the hospital was confirmed late and died. Director Kim said, “I asked to separate the voice staff, but it was not accepted.” He continued, “I also requested support for the nursing care provider who was left voluntarily even though I was not an employee, but it was rejected. He added that there was no consideration for those who would remain in the hospital and somehow endure.”

Regarding the government’s health care system, President Kim often used the expression “it has no concept at all” and “it was old-fashioned.” “There was no preparation for the shortage of beds. “I don’t know,” he said. It is said that the only officials from the quarantine authorities who took care of the hospital during the cohort quarantine were the Bucheon City Health Center and Im Seung-gwan, co-director of the Corona 19 Emergency Response Group in Gyeonggi Province. Director Kim said, “If the transfer of the confirmed cases was timely and the negative testers were separated somehow quickly, there would be no more confirmed cases or even fewer deaths,” he said. “Overall, I felt there was no control tower.”

Director Kim said, “Once the confirmation comes out, we have to take it out somehow or separate it, but that didn’t work out. In addition, the patients died because the beds were not allocated in time, and the staff were confirmed to be treated inside… ”He appealed for frustration. “If it is the same as now, the same tragedy will occur. I hope this will not happen again by taking measures.”
Reporter Chae Hye-seon [email protected]