Changwon Samsung Hospital, Emergency Room Closure

Current view of the emergency room at Samsung Changwon Hospital, which is currently closed

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Son Tae-seok] Samsung Changwon Hospital, located in Masanhwoin-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongnam, announced that it proactively closed the emergency room around 7 a.m. on the 21st after a Vietnamese national patient arrived in a state of cardiac arrest, preparing for any possible emergencies.

A hospital official stated, "The patient is a foreign worker in the region who was brought in following a report from a colleague that 'he appeared to have stopped breathing while sleeping'." This patient has no record of entering or leaving Vietnam for the past five years and has not passed through any domestic outbreak areas, so the possibility of infection with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is considered low.

The test results are expected to be released later that afternoon.

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