[사회]16 deaths waiting in bed at Bucheon Nursing Hospital… 107 cumulative confirmations at Guro Nursing Hospital

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With the problem of shortage of beds growing more and more serious, the number of confirmed patients who died waiting for bed assignments at a nursing hospital in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do increased by 3 yesterday to 16 in total.

The cumulative confirmed number of Guro-gu nursing hospitals exceeded 100.

There is a reporter on the site. Reporter Shin Joon-myeong!

Right now, there is a sad thing happening where patients infected with Corona 19 die without receiving treatment?

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Yes, in this nursing hospital, the cumulative number of confirmed cases has increased to 146 until now after the first confirmed cases were released on the 11th.

Of these, 16 died while waiting for bed assignments.

On the 11th, after 6 nursing care workers were first confirmed, about 60 patients were confirmed in a pile, and the nursing hospital entered group quarantine.

To date, 93 people, including residents, staff and caregivers, are in cohort quarantine in the hospital.

Of these, 71 were confirmed.

The confirmed patients need treatment, but this nursing hospital does not have negative pressure equipment or critical care facilities.

Due to the lack of medical staff, the Central Accident Control Center has employed 19 medical staff, but there is a limit to caring for confirmed patients without medical equipment.

Since employees and patients have already been exposed to infection for a long time and poor ventilation in winter, there is a high possibility that non-confirmed patients in cohort quarantine along with the confirmed cases will eventually become infected.

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Group infections are continuing throughout the nation’s nursing hospitals, and there are not enough beds to transfer these patients, right?

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That’s right. From the 22nd of last month to the 9th, there were 17 cases of COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities.

Looking at major outbreak cases, first, the number of confirmed cases related to the Guro Nursing Hospital in Seoul increased by 53 a day yesterday, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases is 107 so far.

In Cheongju Nursing Home, Chungbuk Province, the cumulative number of confirmed patients currently reaches 71, and the virus has spread to 5 families of residents.

Regarding the elderly nursing home in Buk-gu, Gwangju, the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 17 in two days after the first confirmed cases occurred on the 20th.

28 people at the Siheung nursing home in Gyeonggi Province and 24 at the Seo-gu nursing home in Incheon were confirmed.

Most of the confirmed cases in nursing hospitals, etc., are elderly hospitalized patients in their 70s to 90s, so the number of deaths may increase further.

However, there is no bed to treat the confirmed person.

As of yesterday, the utilization rate of hospital beds dedicated to infectious diseases in the metropolitan area reached 78.8%, and in Seoul alone, it exceeded 84%.

In particular, out of 100 dedicated treatment beds for severely ill patients in Seoul, only 8 are currently available for immediate hospitalization.

The quarantine authorities are in an emergency situation in securing beds.

Private hospitals are volunteering to designate a base hospital.

Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital is the first private general hospital in the metropolitan area to volunteer as a hospital dedicated to Corona 19 to start construction of the facility.

Incheon Gil Hospital is scheduled to become a corona 19 critical patient base hospital.

Pyeongtaek Bharae Hospital, which opened the entire hospital, will start treatment for confirmed patients as early as the 24th, and Namyangju Hyundai Hospital will also volunteer to provide a total of 119 beds, including those for severely ill patients.

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The problem of shortage of beds is serious, and group infections continue not only in nursing hospitals, but also in everyday areas?

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That’s right. It is not safe at work, religious facilities, construction sites, etc.

In particular, the spread around the metropolitan area is serious.

Eight people at Incheon New Port Logistics Terminal and 17 at Incheon Jung-gu food processing business were confirmed.

The church in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, has accumulated 213 confirmed cases since the first confirmed cases on the 6th.

The number of confirmed cases related to the Yongsan-gu Trade Center construction site was counted as 101.

Due to the unprecedented spread, a super-precipitous measure has been issued that bans gatherings of more than 5 people from 0:00 tomorrow.

The city of Seoul repeatedly called for citizens’ cooperation, saying, “If you cannot cross this hurdle, the landscape of empty streets and city blockades can occur in Seoul.”

So far, YTN Shin Joon-myeong in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do[[email protected]]is.

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