Gwangju Dong-gu to Establish State-of-the-Art Negative Pressure Screening Clinic... Operation Starting April Next Year

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced that it will remodel the first floor of the public health center into a state-of-the-art permanent 'negative pressure screening clinic' and operate it starting from April next year.

Currently, Dong-gu operates the screening clinic using a simple negative pressure tent and containers, but recently received an emergency support fund of 300 million KRW from national and city budgets to establish a screening clinic where medical examinations and continuous infectious disease testing can be conducted in a comfortable environment unaffected by weather conditions.

Dong-gu plans to remodel the first floor of the public health center with a target completion date of March next year and unveil the newly renovated negative pressure screening clinic starting in April.

In the negative pressure screening clinic, complete separation of movement paths between suspected patients and medical staff will block contact infection transmission, and the entire process including reception, basic epidemiological investigation, medical interviews, specimen collection, and radiographic imaging will be systematically conducted within the negative pressure facility.

The specimen room will feature ▲ installation of medical partition walls and automatic doors ▲ ventilation and heating/cooling systems to provide an optimal environment for both medical staff and visiting test subjects.

Dong-gu plans to use the negative pressure screening clinic as a treatment room for infectious disease patients such as those with measles and tuberculosis during normal times, and immediately convert and use it as a screening clinic in the event of an infectious disease crisis such as COVID-19.

Mayor Im Taek of Dong-gu said, “Through the newly introduced negative pressure screening clinic, we will proactively respond to COVID-19 and various infectious diseases,” adding, “We will continue to create a healthy city Dong-gu where all residents can live with peace of mind by providing extensive public health services.”

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