Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin Faints After City Council Plenary Session... Transferred to Kyungpook National University Hospital

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Young-wook] Kwon Young-jin, mayor of Daegu, collapsed and was taken to the hospital after clashing with Daegu city council members over the issue of emergency livelihood fund payments.

According to Daegu City and the City Council on the 26th, Mayor Kwon attended a special session of the city council at 2 p.m. that day to handle the budget related to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

After the budget was finalized during the one hour and 30 minute session, as he was about to leave the main assembly hall, a city council member from the Democratic Party of Korea engaged in a heated argument with Mayor Kwon over the emergency livelihood fund payments.

The council member questioned Mayor Kwon, "Why don't you provide the emergency livelihood funds in cash?" to which Mayor Kwon responded, "Please don't do this."

As the protest continued, Mayor Kwon suddenly grabbed his head with his right hand and fell backward.

A Daegu city official nearby quickly carried Mayor Kwon to the mayor's office on the second floor of City Hall, and then called an ambulance to transfer him to Kyungpook National University Hospital.

Earlier that morning, Mayor Kwon apologized for leaving the city council special session the previous day, saying, "It is because I am very lacking."

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