Government "Order to Commence Operations After 3rd On-Site Inspection"... 10 Non-Capital Region Locations Targeted (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] Starting from the 31st, the government will conduct a third on-site investigation of the emergency rooms and intensive care units of 10 non-metropolitan training hospitals and issue work commencement orders to residents and fellows who have entered a collective strike.

Yoon Tae-ho, head of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters' quarantine team, announced this at a regular briefing held at the Government Sejong Complex on the same day.

The government previously conducted a first on-site investigation of 20 metropolitan training hospitals from the 26th to 27th, followed by a second confirmation of the strike status of residents and others at 20 hospitals?10 in the metropolitan area and 10 outside the metropolitan area?starting from the 28th, and then checked whether they had returned to work. The government issued work commencement orders to 278 residents and fellows and reported 10 residents who did not comply to the police.

Yoon requested, "Since emergency rooms and intensive care units treat patients in critical condition, please consider your duty as medical professionals and return promptly regardless of whether the government enforces compulsory administrative measures."

The government also requests tertiary general hospitals to readjust their functions to focus on essential treatment for critically ill patients to prevent casualties among severe patients. Yoon appealed, "To allow tertiary general hospitals to concentrate on essential treatment for critically ill patients, patients with mild illnesses should refrain from using tertiary general hospitals and instead use nearby local clinics."

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