Chungbuk Operates Emergency Medical Response Situation Room to Prepare for Group Medical Strike

[Asia Economy (Chungbuk) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Chungbuk Province is preparing for the scheduled mass strike on the 14th by operating an emergency medical response situation room.

The province announced that it will operate the emergency medical response situation room starting from the 12th. By running the emergency response situation room, the province plans to continuously monitor local trends and maintain an emergency medical system with city and county health centers to minimize inconvenience to residents seeking medical care.

Earlier, on the 7th, the province established an emergency medical response plan and inspected the medical system including emergency medical institutions together with city and county officials.

Additionally, hospitals and higher-level medical institutions were requested to cooperate by extending consultation hours, and city and county health centers have been arranged to provide emergency medical services.

This measure was prepared to minimize regional medical service gaps following the Korean Medical Association's declaration of a mass strike opposing the government's four major health care policies (increasing medical school quotas, establishing public medical schools, coverage of herbal medicine, and telemedicine).

A provincial official stated, “If you have planned to visit a medical institution on the strike day (the 14th), please confirm in advance whether the institution will be open, and if it is closed, we recommend using the nearest 24-hour emergency room.”

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