4 COVID-19 Patients in Gwangju Area Admitted to 'Gangjin Medical Center'

Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok Checks Response Status and Encourages Officials

Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok, Gangjin County Mayor Lee Seung-ok, Gangjin Medical Center Director Jeong Ki-ho, and Gangjin residents welcomed COVID-19 confirmed patients from the Gwangju area who came to Gangjin Medical Center for treatment on the afternoon of the 4th. On that afternoon, due to a shortage of hospital beds in the Gwangju area, four COVID-19 confirmed patients were admitted to Gangjin Medical Center. Photo by Jeonnam Province

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Kim Young-rok, Governor of Jeonnam Province, welcomed four confirmed COVID-19 patients from Gwangju Metropolitan City who were admitted to Gangjin Medical Center on the 4th and wished them a speedy recovery.

On this day, Governor Kim personally greeted the COVID-19 patients from the Gwangju area at the site and also encouraged the medical staff and officials supporting them for their hard work.

He also shared the COVID-19 response situation with Kim Jong-hyo, Deputy Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, who arrived with the hospitalized patients, and promised, "We will provide maximum support to Gwangju Metropolitan City."

Governor Kim said, "Residents should put aside their anxiety and warmly support the patients as if they were family, so that they can receive treatment and return healthy."

The province plans to sequentially admit confirmed patients under isolation in the Gwangju area, where available beds are insufficient, to Gangjin Medical Center according to requests from the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters and Gwangju City.

In addition, to prepare for the spread of COVID-19 community infections, 130 operational beds have been secured at two locations, Suncheon and Gangjin Medical Centers, to enable immediate admission through proactive preparation.

Governor Kim also asked the medical center officials, "Based on your experience treating COVID-19 patients so far, please help patients be discharged early with optimal treatment," and urged, "There have been unfortunate cases of medical staff infections in other regions, so please strictly adhere to infection prevention measures."

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