Soonchunhyang University Hospital infected with 218 people… The nurse filed a petition for “incompetence in quarantine”

“With no negative pressure facilities or infection control guidelines in place, nurses are at risk of coronavirus. This terrible endless iteration is ongoing, where the support staff is confirmed and the vacancy is again filled with other nurses.”

On the 21st, a petitioner who revealed that he was a nurse at Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital in Yongsan-gu, Seoul raised the issue of the hospital’s quarantine response on the Blue House National Petition bulletin board. At this hospital, 218 confirmed patients were confirmed by this day.

In an article, the petitioner said, “The number of cumulative 201 confirmed cases until the 20th is a disastrous result of the quarantine failure due to the incompetence of the hospital.” And vomited.

According to the petition, the hospital randomly selected nurses from other wards and sent support to the ward where the confirmed case was found. The petitioner claimed that “the new nurses who came to the ward where the confirmed nurse had not been quarantined, they used changing rooms and supplies, and had to work in a state exposed to germs because protective gear was randomly provided in the corridor of the ward.” He said, “Nurses who have contacted the confirmed patient are at risk of infection by continuing to work without receiving an answer whether they are subject to self-isolation or active monitoring.”

On the 19th, nurses were the center, and they were informed that they were asked to disinfect the floors and ceilings of each department with locks and hand mops, as if cleaning the living room in the house, adding that they were forced to clean beds, windows, ceilings, and vents in general wards. Workers said they cleaned up with me from 6 am to 9 pm, even on holidays, but there was no extra pay for them. The petitioner also asked what was the reason for allowing new hospitalization and performing non-emergency surgeries such as obesity surgery on the 15th, the 4th day of the outbreak.

Before the outbreak of group infection, the hospital criticized for poor management. First of all, the hospital staff took turns controlling access to the hospital, but if this staff comes into contact with a confirmed person or a person in an incubation period, it will be possible to control infection if they come back to work. In addition, he claimed that he was instructed to go to work even when there were no negative results after the employee inspection.

The petition has been approved by about 2900 people as of 2 pm. The contents of the petition were also shared with blind, an anonymous community of office workers. However, the hospital refuted that it was different from the truth, saying, “It was only due to vague anxiety.”

A hospital official said in a phone call with the JoongAng Ilbo on the 22nd, “In the early days of the outbreak of a group infection, a dissatisfaction seemed to have been expressed because the staff could not be explained individually.” He said, “On the 21st, the directors and directors talked with about 300 nurses by video and explained about their work arrangements, and then they sent explanations to employees who could not attend this morning’s meeting, and they plan to inform additional questions and answers.”

The hospital is following the guidelines of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by classifying and managing 600 people, including medical staff and staff, as self-quarantine and active surveillance targets, and emphasized that more confirmed cases came from discharging by discharged patients than in the hospital.

Soonchunhyang University Hospital’s collective infection response is undertaken by the hospital and the Korean Disease Administration, Seoul City, and Yongsan-gu, based on the’management of medical institutions with confirmed cases’. Park Yoo-mi, head of the city’s Citizen Health Bureau, said at the Corona 19 briefing that “outpatient treatment is stopped and only hospitalization necessary for surgery is allowed.” Medical staff or staff) do this, but in this process, we will manage and support so that there is no further infection.”

Regarding the reason for the large number of additional infections, Director Park said, “It seems that the patient was found in a state that has progressed to some extent in the hospital.” “N-th order infections are also appearing due to discharged patients, which is insufficient during quarantine measures at hospitals. If there is a part, I will supplement it.”

Since the hospital’s first confirmed case on the 12th, the infection has reached 218. There were 37 doctors, nurses, administrative staff, 78 patients, 16 caregivers, 76 guardians and families, and 11 acquaintances and N-th infection.

On the afternoon of that day, the hospital announced that it would normalize outpatient treatment and emergency room operations, saying, “There are 1 to 3 infected patients a day in the hospital, but there are no confirmed cases among inpatients.” Currently, the 8th floor of the main building of the hospital is empty and the 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th floors are closed. The quarantine authorities are scheduled to conduct a third test on the 24th to 26th following the second full test last week to check whether additional infected persons have been released.

Reporter Choi Eun-kyung [email protected]