Input 2020.12.25 06:00
According to related industries on the 24th, many medical organizations are appealing to the government for countermeasures, fearing the collapse of the medical system due to Corona 19.
The biggest problem currently being raised in the medical field is the lack of medical personnel. It is pointed out that securing beds without recruiting medical personnel is not effective in ending Corona 19.
At a press conference on the 23rd, chairman of the Health and Medical Union, Na Soon-ja said, “The level of dissatisfaction is serious due to the reduced morale and deprivation of the existing manpower.” It is necessary to prepare measures to prepare for the proliferation, such as preparing medical personnel.”
The Korean Medical Association also expressed its position. “The current situation is not enough for the medical community to handle,” said Choi, the president of the Korean Medical Association, saying, “Medical staff are facing not only the accumulation of fatigue, but also the difficulty of securing beds, and the collapse of the critical care and emergency care system.”
The industry picks’active cooperation with private medical facilities and human resources such as high-level hospitals’ as the most realistic measures to recruit medical personnel. An official in the domestic medical community who requested anonymity said, “The field manpower is spending a year of pain by treating hundreds of confirmed patients every day.” “Securing a bed without medical personnel is a futile measure.” “The most practical solution is to cooperate with private medical facilities and manpower, including senior hospitals,” said the official. “If the government’s financial support and trust support it, active cooperation with private medical facilities can be achieved. I can see it.”
The government is hungry only to secure critically ill beds, “the situation will improve”
Despite such a cry from the medical community, the government is focusing on securing hospital beds and is not concerned about much. Democratic Party representative Lee Nak-yeon said at a meeting with the Korean Hospital Association on the 24th, “I know that there are currently more than 7,000 rooms secured by cooperation between the private and public,” and “You do not have to worry about the shortage of hospital beds and life treatment centers.”
According to the Central Accident Control Center and others, the government has secured 8,000 beds to date. The quarantine authorities previously instructed senior hospitals and national university hospitals to secure 1% of the number of licensed beds as dedicated treatment beds for severely ill patients in order to secure beds for severe patients.
However, even if additional hospital beds are secured, the fact that the medical personnel cannot follow and the fatigue of the existing medical personnel is accumulated is considered a problem. Lee Hyun-seop, head of the Gyeonggi Medical Center, Icheon Hospital, explained, “The number of confirmed patients who have difficulty eating, moving, and lying down without the help of medical staff is increasing.”
Representative Lee Nak-yeon said, “There are a total of 2,500 people who responded to the recruitment of nurses, and a quarter of them are former nurses.” “The nurses who left the hospital said they wanted to present their experiences,” he said. “This participation is expected to help secure medical personnel.”
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