Seoul National University and Seoul National University will establish a’Seoul Disaster Hospital’ for the exclusive treatment of novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
On the 12th, Seo Jeong-hyup, acting mayor of Seoul, signed a business agreement with Seoul National University Hospital President Kim Yeon-soo to establish the’Seoul Disaster Hospital’. The site of the Seoul Disaster Hospital is the site of a comprehensive medical facility in Wonji-dong, Seocho-gu, where the relocation of the National Medical Center was originally discussed. The area is 11,720m2, and it is expected to be installed and put into operation by the end of March.
Yoomi Park, quarantine officer Yonhap News
The beds in this area are for the treatment of Corona 19, and only 48 modular beds for severely ill patients with negative pressure facilities are built. If the number of patients decreases depending on the situation of Corona 19, the city of Seoul decided to switch to a bed for treatment of 96 general Corona 19 patients. The Seoul Metropolitan Government explained that “there was a case where temporary beds were installed on idle sites in the hospital, but this is the first time to install a bed for COVID-19 treatment on a separate site.”
It is a structure in which the Seoul Metropolitan Government provides the bed site free of charge for a limited time, and the Seoul National University Hospital invests the cost and medical staff. Acting Seo said, “We will secure additional beds for severely ill patients at the Seoul Disaster Hospital, and provide free land to prepare for a crisis that may arise, as well as provide generous support for the prompt completion of the establishment process.
Corona 19 cumulative confirmed patients after August. Graphic = Younghee Kim [email protected]
Meanwhile, the city of Seoul announced that there were 167 new cases as of 0 o’clock. Following the addition of one from a church in Gangbuk-gu, 13 and 8 cumulative confirmed cases occurred in Seongdong-gu and Gwangjin-gu nursing facilities, respectively. The number of deaths in nursing homes and facilities for the disabled is also increasing.
According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 23% (57) of the 248 deaths as of 0 o’clock on that day occurred at nursing hospitals and facilities. Park Yoo-mi, head of the city’s Citizen Health Bureau, explained, “As Seoul has designated three nursing hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases, all the existing patients are preparing necessary.
Director Park announced that on the 8th, a new corona 19 vaccination promotion team was established in connection with vaccination starting next month. Director Park said, “We plan to establish a one-year plan for vaccination, monitor adverse reactions after vaccination, and support damage compensation after vaccination, so that vaccination can proceed without disruption.”
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