Gyeonggi-do Opens COVID-19 'Living Treatment Centers' in Goyang and Anseong

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province is opening the 4th and 5th 'Living Treatment Centers' in Goyang and Anseong to treat mild COVID-19 patients.

On the 28th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it will open Living Treatment Centers at Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Global Campus in Ilsandong-gu, Goyang City, and at the Korea Standard Association Human Resources Development Institute in Wongok-myeon, Anseong City, respectively, to support the treatment of mild patients amid the increase in COVID-19 cases in the metropolitan area.

The Goyang Living Treatment Center will begin operations from the afternoon of the 28th. It has 158 rooms and operates with two patients per room. Treatment will be handled by Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Paju Hospital.

The Anseong Living Treatment Center will open on the 29th. It has 146 rooms and operates with two patients per room, with Gyeonggi Medical Center Anseong Hospital in charge of treatment.

Each center's staff consists of three teams totaling 80 people, including provincial government officials, police, and private medical personnel. Among them, 72 are resident staff. They are responsible for patient diagnosis and treatment, psychological counseling, supply support, patient management, quarantine, waste disposal, and emergency transport of severe patients.

The province currently operates the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Area 2 Living Treatment Center with 204 rooms at the Small and Medium Venture Business Training Institute in Ansan, and the 3rd Living Treatment Center with a capacity of 220 people at the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education Training Institute in Icheon, which opened on the 22nd of this month.

Depending on the spread of COVID-19, the province plans to secure training facilities within the province and operate additional Living Treatment Centers.

On the 20th, Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung made an urgent appeal to the public, requesting active support from public institutions, private companies, and organizations to convert their training and education facilities into Living Treatment Centers.

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