Jeonnam National University Hospital to Offer Non-Face-to-Face Medical Services Starting the 23rd

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Jeonnam National University Hospital started non-face-to-face medical consultations on the 23rd.

Jeonnam National University Hospital announced on the 23rd that this decision was made after careful discussion on measures to normalize hospital operations at the department heads meeting held on the 20th, presided over by the new hospital director Ahn Young-geun.

The non-face-to-face consultation is conducted by selecting patients eligible for telephone consultation and prescription in each department, consulting with patients over the phone, completing online payment, and then sending the prescription from the Medical Cooperation Center to the pharmacy designated by the patient via FAX.

Medical staff wear headsets in the consultation room and ask patients connected by phone about their health condition and prescribe medication.

This is an effort to normalize medical services amid the spread of COVID-19 infections within the hospital, where some facilities have been cohort isolated.

Jeonnam National University Hospital's Building 1 (3rd to 11th floors) entered cohort isolation on the 17th, temporarily suspending external medical services.

A hospital official stated, "Starting from the 23rd, non-face-to-face consultations will begin, and if the COVID-19 situation improves, emergency room limited operations will resume on the 25th, and face-to-face consultations on the 26th."

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