Gyeongnam Development Corporation and Masan Medical Center Sign Agreement to Expand Negative Pressure Isolation Rooms

Additional Facilities Planned for Rooms 7-8

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Woo-kwon] Gyeongnam Development Corporation announced on the 31st that it has signed a consignment agreement for the negative pressure room expansion project with Masan Medical Center to address the shortage of negative pressure rooms and to enable rapid isolation and inpatient treatment of patients in the event of new infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

The Masan Medical Center negative pressure room expansion project was selected in June through the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's public contest for the "Expansion of National Designated Inpatient Treatment Negative Pressure Rooms." The project budget is 5.65 billion KRW.

In addition to the existing independent negative pressure rooms, 7 to 8 additional rooms will be expanded, with a target completion date of July 2022.

So far, Gyeongnam Province has promoted the country's first independent negative pressure bed exclusive ward project to prepare for new infectious diseases such as MERS, and has operated Masan Medical Center as a regional base hospital for managing new infectious diseases.

Lee Nam-du, President of Gyeongnam Development Corporation, stated, "We are proud that through this consignment agency project agreement, our corporation can play a practical role in protecting public health in the local community and the health of the residents. We will do our best to ensure that the project proceeds without any setbacks."

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